voscu

Sicilian

Alternative forms

  • vuoscu

Etymology

From Early Medieval Latin Medieval Latin boscus, borrowed from Frankish *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɔ.sku/, [ˈvɔ.skʊ], [ˈvwɔ-], [-ʃkʊ], [ˈβɔ-], [ˈβwɔ-]
  • Rhymes: -(w)ɔskʊ, -(w)ɔʃkʊ
  • Hyphenation: vò‧scu

Noun

voscu m (plural vosca)

  1. woodland
  • vuscusità
  • vuscusu

Descendants

  • Maltese: bosk

See also