zio
See also: ziō, zi'o, and Zio
Italian
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin thius, from Ancient Greek θεῖος (theîos). Compare Spanish tío, Portuguese tio, Sicilian ziu, Sardinian tiu or tziu, Venetian sio.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): */ˈd͡zi.o/, (traditional) */ˈt͡si.o/[1]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -io
- Hyphenation: zì‧o
Noun
zio m (plural zii, feminine zia, augmentative (uncommon) zióne, diminutive-endearing ziétto or (less common) ziìno or ziùccio)
- uncle (male relative)
- (slang) dude
Synonyms
- barba
Related terms
- zio d'America (“rich uncle”)
See also
- (family members) famiglia; cugino, figlio, figlia, fratello, madre, marito, moglie, nipote, nonna, nonno, padre, sorella, zia, zio (Category: it:Family)
References
- zio in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams
- ozi
Romanian
Noun
zio f (plural zio)
- Obsolete form of zi.
Declension
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References
- zio in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
Uneapa
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic *sipo with irregular loss of *p.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zio/
Verb
zio
- to go down
Further reading
- 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 40267977; republished as Meredith Osmond, editor,, (please provide a date or year)