juoco

Neapolitan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin iocus.

Pronunciation

• (Naples) IPA^(key): [ˈjwoːkə]
• (Castelmezzano) IPA^(key): [ˈʃuːkə]

Noun

juoco m (plural juoche)

1. game

Related terms

• jocare

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 740: “il giuoco” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “juoco”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano