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Sicilian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *iacium, from the same root of Latin iaceō (“I lie, recline”). Compare Italian giaccio (“pen for sheep”) (also diaccio and addiaccio) and Romanian jeț. Compare, for more, Italian Ajaccio and Sicilian Agghiazzu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjat.t͡su/ (Standard)
- Hyphenation: jàz‧zu
Noun
jazzu m (plural jazza)
- (for humans) bed on the ground, pallet-bed
- Synonyms: lettu, littica
- (by extension) A makeshift bed.
- (for animals) a bedding, a nest, a burrow.
- (by extension, figurative, colloquial) a dirty or very untidy place.
A càmmira to pari u jazzu dî porci.- Your room looks like a pigsty.
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