Word of the Day

Monday, September 10, 2012

Tieta, teta

La tieta ja se n'havia anat feia un parell de setmanes a la seva hisenda de Farena, on solia passar els mesos d'estiu.

The aunt(ie) had already left a couple of weeks before for her farm in Farena, where she spent the summer months.

It just occurred to me that the Catalan diminutive tieta, auntie, is very similar to Czech/Slovak teta, aunt, which looks and sounds a lot like Portuguese/Spanish teta, tit, breast, and Italian tetta.

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