chiattu

Sicilian

Etymology

    From Vulgar Latin *plattus (“flat”). Compare Neapolitan chiatto and Italian piatto. Doublet of piattu (“plate”).

    Adjective

    chiattu (feminine singular chiatta, masculine and feminine plural chiatti)

    1. flat
      chiattu e tunnu ― loud and clear (literally, “flat and round”)
    2. fat, chubby, plump
    3. squashed

    Descendants

    • → Maltese: ċatt

    Noun

    chiattu m

    1. the flat part of the sword (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
      dari di chiattu ― to hit with the flat part of the sword

    References

    • Traina, Antonino (1868), “chiattu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 820
    • Pasqualino (c. 1790), “chiattu”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 1, page 305
    • Mortillaro, Vincenzo (1862), “chiattu”, in Nuovo vocabolario siciliano-italiano (in Italian), page 168
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