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Sicilian
Etymology
From Latin -uceum/-ucium. Compare Italian -uccio, Romanian -uț.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /-ˈutt͡su/,
- Hyphenation: -ùz‧zu
Suffix
-uzzu (feminine singular -uzza, masculine and feminine plural -uzzi)
- 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