zio

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See also: Zio, ziō, zi'o, and zi0

English

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Adjective

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zio (comparative more zio, superlative most zio)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Zio

Noun

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zio (plural zios)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Zio

Italian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): */ˈd͡zi.o/, (traditional) */ˈt͡si.o/[1]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -io
  • Hyphenation: zì‧o

Noun

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

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

Synonyms

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ zio in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

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Romanian

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Noun

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zio f (plural zio)

  1. Obsolete form of zi.

Declension

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!!!

References

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

Uneapa

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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zio

  1. to go down

Further reading

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  • 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)