"-uzzu" meaning in Sicilian

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Suffix

IPA: /-ˈutt͡su/, [-ˈutt͡sʊ] Forms: -uzza [feminine, singular], -uzzi [feminine, masculine, plural]
Etymology: From Latin -uceum/-ucium. Compare Italian -uccio, Romanian -uț. Etymology templates: {{inh|scn|la|-uceum}} Latin -uceum, {{cog|it|-uccio}} Italian -uccio, {{cog|ro|-uț}} Romanian -uț Head templates: {{head|scn|adjective|feminine singular|-uzza|masculine and feminine plural|-uzzi||-uzzi||-uzza||-uzzi|head=}} -uzzu (feminine singular -uzza, masculine and feminine plural -uzzi), {{scn-adj|-uzz|u|a|i}} -uzzu (feminine singular -uzza, masculine and feminine plural -uzzi)
  1. suffix used to form melioratives, diminutives, and hypocoristics Tags: morpheme Derived forms: -uzzazza, -uzzazzu
    Sense id: en--uzzu-scn-suffix-gYjA1Jk~ Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Sicilian entries with incorrect language header Related terms: -azzu, -culu, -ellu, -eḍḍu, -icchiu-, -iceḍḍu, -inu, -ittu, -olu, -ulu, -uni, -uḍḍu
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "scn",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "-uceum"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin -uceum",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "-uccio"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian -uccio",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "-uț"
      },
      "expansion": "Romanian -uț",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin -uceum/-ucium. Compare Italian -uccio, Romanian -uț.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-uzza",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-uzzi",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "scn",
        "10": "-uzza",
        "11": "",
        "12": "-uzzi",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "feminine singular",
        "4": "-uzza",
        "5": "masculine and feminine plural",
        "6": "-uzzi",
        "7": "",
        "8": "-uzzi",
        "9": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "-uzzu (feminine singular -uzza, masculine and feminine plural -uzzi)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-uzz",
        "2": "u",
        "3": "a",
        "4": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "-uzzu (feminine singular -uzza, masculine and feminine plural -uzzi)",
      "name": "scn-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "-ùz‧zu"
  ],
  "lang": "Sicilian",
  "lang_code": "scn",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sicilian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "-uzzazza"
        },
        {
          "word": "-uzzazzu"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "beḍḍu (“beautiful”) + -uzzu → biḍḍuzzu (“pretty, sweet”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "granni (“big”) + -uzzu → grannuzzu (“biggish”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "nicu (“small”) + -uzzu → nicuzzu (“smallish”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "suffix used to form melioratives, diminutives, and hypocoristics"
      ],
      "id": "en--uzzu-scn-suffix-gYjA1Jk~",
      "links": [
        [
          "meliorative",
          "meliorative#English"
        ],
        [
          "diminutive",
          "diminutive#English"
        ],
        [
          "hypocoristic",
          "hypocoristic#English"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "-azzu"
        },
        {
          "word": "-culu"
        },
        {
          "word": "-ellu"
        },
        {
          "word": "-eḍḍu"
        },
        {
          "word": "-icchiu-"
        },
        {
          "word": "-iceḍḍu"
        },
        {
          "word": "-inu"
        },
        {
          "word": "-ittu"
        },
        {
          "word": "-olu"
        },
        {
          "word": "-ulu"
        },
        {
          "word": "-uni"
        },
        {
          "word": "-uḍḍu"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/-ˈutt͡su/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[-ˈutt͡sʊ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-uzzu"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "-uzzazza"
    },
    {
      "word": "-uzzazzu"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "scn",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "-uceum"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin -uceum",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "-uccio"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian -uccio",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "-uț"
      },
      "expansion": "Romanian -uț",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin -uceum/-ucium. Compare Italian -uccio, Romanian -uț.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-uzza",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-uzzi",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "scn",
        "10": "-uzza",
        "11": "",
        "12": "-uzzi",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "feminine singular",
        "4": "-uzza",
        "5": "masculine and feminine plural",
        "6": "-uzzi",
        "7": "",
        "8": "-uzzi",
        "9": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "-uzzu (feminine singular -uzza, masculine and feminine plural -uzzi)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-uzz",
        "2": "u",
        "3": "a",
        "4": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "-uzzu (feminine singular -uzza, masculine and feminine plural -uzzi)",
      "name": "scn-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "-ùz‧zu"
  ],
  "lang": "Sicilian",
  "lang_code": "scn",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "-azzu"
    },
    {
      "word": "-culu"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ellu"
    },
    {
      "word": "-eḍḍu"
    },
    {
      "word": "-icchiu-"
    },
    {
      "word": "-iceḍḍu"
    },
    {
      "word": "-inu"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ittu"
    },
    {
      "word": "-olu"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ulu"
    },
    {
      "word": "-uni"
    },
    {
      "word": "-uḍḍu"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Sicilian adjectives",
        "Sicilian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Sicilian lemmas",
        "Sicilian terms derived from Latin",
        "Sicilian terms inherited from Latin"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "beḍḍu (“beautiful”) + -uzzu → biḍḍuzzu (“pretty, sweet”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "granni (“big”) + -uzzu → grannuzzu (“biggish”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "nicu (“small”) + -uzzu → nicuzzu (“smallish”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "suffix used to form melioratives, diminutives, and hypocoristics"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "meliorative",
          "meliorative#English"
        ],
        [
          "diminutive",
          "diminutive#English"
        ],
        [
          "hypocoristic",
          "hypocoristic#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/-ˈutt͡su/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[-ˈutt͡sʊ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-uzzu"
}

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