Meaning of the word "nezza"

[cefalo2]

Can anyone tell me the meaning of the word "nezza"? Perhaps I am not reading it correctly? "Sua nezza" - between the two little red lines.

Thank you!

[Lucap]

If you have the whole page i can try to verify with other words. The only thing i can suppose is "Mezza" with the meaning of "Metà" (Half), but i'm not sure.

Luca

[PeterTimber]

I interpret that to mean "HIS HALF" but its meaning is elusive. =Peter=

[cefalo2]

Hi Lucap and Peter - thanks for the assistance.

I probably should have added more info when I first posted. This is a page from a 1750 stato dell'anime. The line reads:

"Angela Lisabetta Maria Troisi, sua nezza, e figlia di Filippo e q. Petronilla di Garofano..... yada yada .... age 11."

The woman on the (cut-off) line above her was her grandmother, aged sixty, and according to the formula of the other households, "sua nezza" describes her relationship to the head of the house (in this case her grandmother.)

In the previous censuses "nipote" was used for niece/nephew/grandchild, so this "nezza" thing is a new twist.

I've scoured the Latin books and can't find anything remotely similar and I know it's not dialect. It's bugging me that I can't find a definition.....

Thanks for any light you can shed.

[PeterTimber]

Did you try familysearch.org/Eng/Search/Websites/framset_websites.asp and put in Latin in the title. =Peter=

[cefalo2]

Hi Peter,

Just tried it. It came up with six sites, but none with anything relevant.

[liviomoreno]

The word is "Nezza" = Nipote = Niece

See http://www.etimo.it/?term=nezza

[Lucap]

Questa non l'avevo mai sentita! Ottimo, Livio.

L.

[uantiti]

Questa non l'avevo mai sentita! Ottimo, Livio.

L.

Nor did I. Very good Livio.

Ada

[liviomoreno]

Some times it's very easy to find the solution! I just googled "nezza" as requested by Cefalo2 ()...

[Lucap]

I, for example, didn't do it, but i just did think it wasn't the correct transcription of the word because i never heard of it ... so, i insist, "ottimo, Livio".

Luca

[cefalo2]

Fantastic! Thank you, Livio!