-izza

== Maltese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian -izzare, from Latin -izare, from Ancient Greek -ίζειν (-ízein). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɪd.d͡za/ === Suffix === -izza -ise, -ize; verbal suffix occurring in borrowings from Italian and loan translations from English == Sicilian == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin -itia. Cognate with Italian -ezza. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /-ˈit.tsa/ Rhymes: -ittsa Hyphenation: ìz‧za === Suffix === -izza f (plural -izzi) added to adjectives to form abstract nouns; -ity; -ness ‎autu (“high, tall”) + ‎-izza → ‎autizza (“height”) ‎beḍḍu (“handsome, beautiful”) + ‎-izza → ‎biḍḍizza (“beauty”) ‎stancu (“tired”) + ‎-izza → ‎stanchizza (“tiredness”) ‎stranu (“strange, stranger”) + ‎-izza → ‎stranizza (“strangeness, extraneousness”) ==== Derived terms ====