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In case emanuela doesn't see your post: from AHD:
terra cotta
SYLLABICATION:
ter·ra cot·ta
PRONUNCIATION:
tr-kt
VARIANT FORMS:
or ter·ra·cot·ta or ter·ra-cot·ta
NOUN:
1a. A hard semifired waterproof ceramic clay used in pottery and building
construction. b. Ceramic wares made of this material. 2. A brownish orange.
ETYMOLOGY:
Italian : terra, earth (from Latin terra; see terrace) + cotta, baked, cooked
(from Latin cocta, feminine past participle of coquere, to cook; see pekw- in
Appendix I).
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Read the end of the red line - from past participle
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The harp that once through Tara's Hall
The soul of music shed,
Now hangs as mute on Tara's wall
As if that soul were fled.
So sleeps the pride of former days
So glory's thrill is o'er
And hearts that once beat high for praise
Now feel that pulse no more.
2. No more to chiefs and ladies bright,
The harp of Tara swells;
The chord alone, that breaks at night,
Its tale of ruin tells.
Thus freedom now so seldom wakes,
The only throb she gives
Is when some heart indignant breaks,
To show that still she lives.
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WW, if you read Bill's post carefully, you note that 'coquere' is Latin. The Italian verb is cuocere, which, as you might figure, is irregular. Cotto (masc. -- fem cotta) is the past participle. A similar verb is rompere - to break - p.p. rotto.
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Add to your list, terra incognita.
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cuocere is indeed very irregular
io cuocio = I cook
io cossi = I cooked
and, it is not exactly to bake = (I believe) to cook in the oven.
there is a relationship with biscotto = bis - cotto ( cookie) which literally means cooked twice.
Terra ferma = ground which doesn' move ( said from the sailor, in contraposition with the movement of the ship on the sea)
terra incognita = unknown land ( written, I suppose, in ancient maps)
(byb, ok about cotto and rotto, but notice that the first "o" is not pronounced in the same way in the two cases. One is open,an one is not)
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