cabaddu

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Sardinian

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unu cabaddu

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin caballus. Variants found in medieval Logudorese documents include cauallu, caballu, choallu, couallu.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cabaddu m (plural cabaddos, feminine ebba) (Nuorese)

  1. horse (male)
  2. (chess) knight

Coordinate terms

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Chess pieces in Sardinian · petzos de is iscacos (layout · text)
♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
re reina turre alfiere caddu peone
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References

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  • Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) “cavallo”, in Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes