casalizo

Aragonese

FWOTD – 27 March 2015

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kasaˈliθo/, (Val de Benás) /kasaˈliso/
• Rhymes: -iθo, -iso
• Syllabification: ca‧sa‧li‧zo

Noun

casalizo m (plural casalizos)

1. a farm animal that is unable to undergo transhumance to the lowlands
   • 2009, José Maria Satué Sanromán, Zien semanas de carasol aragonés, EDACAR, page 14:

     En os caxicars d’os solanos se feban as buerdas, p’amallatar os casalizos (rabaño chicote de reses que no baxa enta Tierra Baxa), en parte de l’ibierno.

     In the oak woods in the sunny sides of mountains, barns were built so that the casalizos (small herds of cattle that don’t descend to the Lowland) could rest, during part of winter.