• DieguiTux8623
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      1 year ago

      “Pisică” sounds a lot like “pussycat” and is the generic term but in specific it can refer to female specimens, while males are “pisoi” (“tomcat”). I’m not Romanian though, so more knowledgeable people please correct me.

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      One of the main theories in the etymology of this world is that it’s the “pspsps” animal or in Romanian “pispispis”. It’s then noun-ified with the “că” ending and an “i” was added in the middle to make pronunciation easier.