catusu

Sicilian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَادُوس (qādūs).

Noun

catusu m (plural catusi)

  1. pipe, conduit, duct
    catusu mastru ― the main pipe, (figuratively) rectum
    catusu di chiummu ― lead pipe
  2. (figurative) Anything that is oblong and malformed.

Descendants
  • → Maltese: katusa

References
  • Traina, Antonino (1868) “catusu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 774
  • Mortillaro, Vincenzo (1862) “catusu”, in Nuovo vocabolario siciliano-italiano (in Italian), page 159
  • Pasqualino (c. 1790) “catusu”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino‎ (in Italian), volume 286
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