-utu
Sicilian
Etymology
From Latin -ūtus.
Suffix
-utu
- used with a stem to form the past participle of regular -iri verbs
- frìjiri (“fry”) + -utu → frijutu (“fried”)
- scimuniri (“to be stunned”) + -utu → scimunutu (“stunned”)
- used to form adjectives from nouns, in the sense of having the object represented by the noun; -ed
- corpu (“blow, stroke”) + -utu → curputu (“blockhead”)
- funcia (“lips, mouth”) + -utu → funciutu (“duck-faced”)
- punta (“point, tip”) + -utu → puntutu (“pointy, sharp”)
- ntontu (“idiot”) + -utu → ntuntutu (“dipshidiot”)
Derived terms
Sicilian terms suffixed with -utu
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