rizza

See also: Rizza

Italian

Verb

rizza

  1. inflection of rizzare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian rizza.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈrɪt.t͡sa/
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Noun

rizza f (plural rizzi)

  1. sea urchin
  • rizzun
  • rrizza

Romansch

Etymology

Feminized from Latin ericius.

Noun

rizza f (plural rizzas)

  1. (Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)

Synonyms

Sicilian

Etymology 1

Doublet of rizzu.

Noun

rizza f (plural rizzi)

  1. sea urchin
    Synonym: rizzu
  2. husk (of a chestnut)
    Synonym: rizzu
Descendants
  • → Maltese: rizza
  • → Tunisian Arabic: ريتزي (rītzi, “sea urchin, Echinus”)[1]

References
  1. Guido Bellatti Ceccoli, Franco Pierno (2006) “Talassozoonimi e terminologia dell'attività ittica d'influenza italiana nel dialetto arabo tunisino”, in Romance Philology (in Tunisian Arabic), volume 59, number 2, →JSTOR, page 226

Etymology 2

From Latin rētia, from rēte (“net”). Cognate with Italian rezza.

Noun

rizza f (plural rizzi)

  1. fishing net

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

rizza

  1. feminine singular of rizzu

Further reading
  • Traina, Antonino (1868) “rizza”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 3496
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