bozza

== Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɔt.t͡sa/ Rhymes: -ɔttsa Hyphenation: bòz‧za === Etymology 1 === From Vulgar Latin *bottia, a Germanic borrowing, from Frankish *boce (“knob”), from Old High German bozzan (“to beat”), from Proto-West Germanic *bautan (“to push, strike”). Compare French bosse, Occitan bossa; also Romanian bot. Alternatively, a northern variant of Italian boccia, from a Latin root *buttia, from Latin buttis. ==== Noun ==== bozza f (plural bozze) bump draft or proof (of a document) === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from French bosse, from the same etymology as above. ==== Noun ==== bozza f (plural bozze) (nautical) stopper, backstay == Maltese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Sicilian bozza. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɔt.t͡sa/ Rhymes: -ɔtt͡sa === Noun === bozza f (plural bozoz) light bulb == Venetan == === Etymology === From Vulgar Latin *buttia. === Noun === bozza f barrel === References === Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “*bŭttia”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 1: A–B, page 660