cchiui
Sicilian
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editFrom Latin plus. The initial pl- changed regularly into a geminated cchi- while the final Latin -s turned into -i as happened also in nui, vui and poi. Compare (earlier) Italian piue/più, Neapolitan cchiuje/cchiù.
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Noun
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- A positive quantity.
- (arithmetic) A plus sign: +.