-uzzu

Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin -uceum/-ucium. Compare Italian -uccio, Romanian -uț.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-ˈutt͡su/, [-ˈutt͡sʊ]
• Hyphenation: -ùz‧zu

Suffix

-uzzu (feminine singular -uzza, masculine and feminine plural -uzzi)

1. 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

• -uzzazza
• -uzzazzu

Related terms

• -azzu
• -culu
• -ellu
• -eḍḍu
• -icchiu-
• -iceḍḍu
• -inu
• -ittu
• -olu
• -ulu
• -uni
• -uḍḍu