janco

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See also: jànco

Neapolitan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin blancus.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Naples) IPA(key): [ˈjaŋɡə]

Adjective[edit]

janco (feminine singular janca, plural janche)

  1. white
  2. pale
    Synonym: miccio

References[edit]

  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1575: “bianco; bianca; bianchi” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
  • Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “janco”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano
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