jocare

Latin

Verb

jocāre

1. inflection of jocō:
   1. present active infinitive
   2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

Spelling variants
jucare, jocà, jucà iucare, iocà, iucà

Etymology

Inherited from Latin iocārī. By surface analysis, juoco (“game”) +‎ -are (verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Naples) IPA^(key): [juˈka]

Verb

jocare

1. to play

References

• Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “jocare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano