cavatelli

Italian cavatelli (literally “little hollows”), plural diminutive of cavato (“hollow”) (+ -ello (“diminutive”), pluralized), form of cavare (“to hollow”), from Latin cavāre, infinitive of cavō (“I hollow”), from cavus (“hollow, cavity”) (English cave), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱówHwos, from *ḱówH-.

cavatelli (uncountable)

1. A type of pasta, with rolled edges.
   • 2008 May 28, Julia Moskin, “Suddenly, Ricotta’s a Big Cheese”, in New York Times‎:

     Little Owl’s cavatelli with salty bacon, fava beans and a bracing, sweet tomato broth benefits from the lush, mouth-filling quality of the ricotta crumbled on top.

• laticlave, vacillate