• caru'(apocope, collective vocative)

Disputed. Some have sustained a not well explained derivation fromAncient Greekκόρος(kóros,“boy”). More likely it derives from a vulgar readjectivized use ofLatincārus(“dear, beloved; expensive”), fromcaru(“dear, beloved”) +‎-usu(-ose, -ous), then substantivized. If this latter is right, compareIrishcara andEnglishwhore for similar developments.

• IPA^(key): /kaˈɾusʊ/
• Hyphenation:ca‧rù‧su

carusu m (pluralcarusi)

1. youngboy,child

   Synonyms:picciottu,picciriḍḍu,scugnizzu

   Synonym:cagnolu(derogatory)

   Vacci a leggiu cu iḍḍu: è ancora 'ncarusu.

   Go easy on him: he is but achild.

2. guy

   Synonyms:cristianu,picciottu,pirsuna,tipu,tìzziu

3. (now rare) A young worker.

   Synonyms:garzuni,jarzuni,picciottu

4. (historical, mid-1800s) an exploited boy, among 6-14 years approximately, used as a labourer in a sulfur, salt or potash mine, due to their ability to enter narrow shafts of mines.

   Synonym:scugnizzu

• (young person):Seefigghiu &carusa
• (offspring):Seefigghiu andfigghia

• (antonym(s) of“offspring”):patri,matri,ginituri
• (antonym(s) of“person below the age of adulthood”):adurtu

• → Italian:caruso,Caruso

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