zio

Inherited from Late Latin thius, from Ancient Greek θεῖος (theîos). Compare Spanish tío, Portuguese tio, Sicilian ziu, Sardinian tiu or tziu, Venetian sio.

• IPA^(key): ^*/ˈd͡zi.o/, (traditional) ^*/ˈt͡si.o/[1]

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• Rhymes: -io
• Hyphenation: zì‧o

zio m (plural zii, feminine zia, augmentative (uncommon) zióne, diminutive-endearing ziétto or (less common) ziìno or ziùccio)

1. uncle (male relative)
2. (slang) dude

• barba

• zio d'America (“rich uncle”)

• (family members) famiglia; cugino, figlio, figlia, fratello, madre, marito, moglie, nipote, nonna, nonno, padre, sorella, zia, zio ^{(Category: it:Family)}

• ozi

zio f (plural zio)

1. Obsolete form of zi.

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• zio in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

From Proto-Oceanic *sipo with irregular loss of *p.

• IPA^(key): /zio/

zio

1. to go down

• 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)