-uzzu

Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin -uceum/-ucium. Compare Italian -uccio, Romanian -uț.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /-ˈutt͡su/, [-ˈutt͡sʊ]
  • Hyphenation: -ùz‧zu

Suffix

-uzzu (feminine singular -uzza, masculine and feminine plural -uzzi)

  1. suffix used to form melioratives, diminutives, and hypocoristics
    ‎beḍḍu (“beautiful”) + ‎-uzzu → ‎biḍḍuzzu (“pretty, sweet”)
    ‎granni (“big”) + ‎-uzzu → ‎grannuzzu (“biggish”)
    ‎nicu (“small”) + ‎-uzzu → ‎nicuzzu (“smallish”)

Derived terms

  • -uzzazza
  • -uzzazzu
  • -azzu
  • -culu
  • -ellu
  • -eḍḍu
  • -icchiu-
  • -iceḍḍu
  • -inu
  • -ittu
  • -olu
  • -ulu
  • -uni
  • -uḍḍu
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