bonazza

Italian

Noun

bonazza f (plural bonazze)

  1. looker (attractive young lady)

Venetan

Etymology

  • Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-der.
    Ancient Greek μᾰλᾰκός (mălăkós)
    Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)
    Ancient Greek μᾰλᾰκῐ́ᾱ (mălăkĭ́ā)bor.
    Latin malacia
    Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.?
    Proto-Italic *dwenos
    Old Latin duenos
    Old Latin duonus
    Latin bonusinflu.
    Vulgar Latin *bonacia
    Venetan bonazza

    Inherited from Vulgar Latin *bonacia.

    Noun

    bonazza f (uncountable)

    1. lull, dead calm, calm sea
      bonazza pachèa ― very calm sea
    2. (figurative) peacefulness, tranquility
      Qua son più a la bonazza.
      I feel safer here.

    Derived terms

    • bonazzar

    Descendants

    • → Albanian: bunacë
    • → Greek: μπουνάτσα (bounátsa)
    • → Serbo-Croatian: bònaca / бо̀наца

    References

    • Boerio, Giuseppe (1867), “bonazza”, in Dizionario del dialetto veneziano, 3rd edition, Venice: G. Cecchini, page 90c
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