viecchio

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Neapolitan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Vulgar Latin veclus, from Latin vetulus.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Naples) IPA(key): [ˈvjeccə], (in sandhi) [-u]
    • (feminine) IPA(key): [ˈvɛccə], (in sandhi) [-a]

Adjective[edit]

viecchio (feminine singular vecchia, masculine plural viecchie, feminine plural vecchie)

  1. old

References[edit]

  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 55: “una vecchia” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
  • Giacco, Giuseppe (2003) “viécchio-vècchia”, in Schedario Napoletano
  • Ledgeway, Adam (2009) Grammatica diacronica del napoletano, Tübingen: Niemeyer, page 80
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