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Sicilian
- chiù (non-geminated orthographic variant)
- cchiù (apocoped orthographic variant)
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):
- Hyphenation: cchiù‧i
Adverb
cchiui
- more
- (idiomatic) No longer; not any more.
Nun paju cchiui oji.- I will pay no more today.
Noun
cchiui
- A positive quantity.
- (arithmetic) A plus sign: +.
Derived terms