cchiui

Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin plus. The initial pl- changed regularly into a geminated cchi- while the final Latin -s turned into -i as happened also in nui, vui and poi. Compare (earlier) Italian piue/più, Neapolitan cchiuje/cchiù.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkːju.i/, [ˈkːju.ɪ], [ˈcːu.ɪ]
  • Hyphenation: cchiù‧i

Adverb

cchiui

  1. more
  2. (idiomatic) No longer; not any more.
    Nun paju cchiui oji.
    I will pay no more today.

Noun

cchiui

  1. A positive quantity.
  2. (arithmetic) A plus sign: +.

Derived terms

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