zio
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Late Latin thius, from Ancient Greek θεῖος (theîos). Compare Spanish tío, Portuguese tio, Sicilian ziu, Sardinian tiu or tziu, Venetian sio.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
zio m (plural zii, feminine zia, augmentative (uncommon) zióne, diminutive-endearing ziétto or (less common) ziìno or ziùccio)
Synonyms edit
Related terms edit
- zio d'America (“rich uncle”)
See also edit
- (family members) famiglia; cugino, figlio, figlia, fratello, madre, marito, moglie, nipote, nonna, nonno, padre, sorella, zia, zio (Category: it:Family)
References edit
- ^ zio in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams edit
Romanian edit
Noun edit
zio f (plural zio)
Declension edit
!!!
References edit
Uneapa edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Oceanic *sipo with irregular loss of *p.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
zio
- to go down
Further reading edit
- Terry Crowley et al, The Oceanic Languages (2013), page 376
- Johnston, R.L. 1982. "Proto-Kimbe and the New Guinea Oceanic hypothesis". In Halim, A., Carrington, L. and Wurm, S.A. editors. Papers from the Third International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, Vol. 1: Currents in Oceanic, 59-95.
- Ross, Malcolm D. (2003) Andrew Pawley, editor, The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic: Volume 2, The Physical Environment, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, →OCLC; republished as Meredith Osmond, editor, (Please provide a date or year)