-utu

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• -uta

Etymology

From Latin -ūtus.

Suffix

-utu

1. used with a stem to form the past participle of regular -iri verbs

   ‎frìjiri (“fry”) + ‎-utu → ‎frijutu (“fried”)

   ‎scimuniri (“to be stunned”) + ‎-utu → ‎scimunutu (“stunned”)

2. used to form adjectives from nouns, in the sense of having the object represented by the noun; -ed

   ‎corpu (“blow, stroke”) + ‎-utu → ‎curputu (“blockhead”)

   ‎funcia (“lips, mouth”) + ‎-utu → ‎funciutu (“duck-faced”)

   ‎punta (“point, tip”) + ‎-utu → ‎puntutu (“pointy, sharp”)

   ‎ntontu (“idiot”) + ‎-utu → ‎ntuntutu (“dipshidiot”)

Derived terms

Sicilian terms suffixed with -utu

puntutu