-uto

See also: ütő and uto

Italian

Etymology

From Latin -ūtus.

Suffix

-uto

1. Used with a stem to form the past participle of regular -ere verbs.
3. Used to form adjectives from nouns, in the sense of having the object represented by the noun; -ed

   ‎punta (“point, tip”) + ‎-uto → ‎puntuto (“pointy, sharp”)

   ‎barba (“beard”) + ‎-uto → ‎barbuto (“bearded”)

   ‎naso (“nose”) + ‎-uto → ‎nasuto (“big nosed”)

   ‎occhiali (“glasses”) + ‎-uto → ‎occhialuto (“spectacled”)

   ‎pancia (“belly”) + ‎-uto → ‎panciuto (“(pot)bellied”)

Derived terms

Italian terms suffixed with -uto