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Neapolitan
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin veclus, from Latin vetulus.
Pronunciation
- (Naples) IPA(key): , (in sandhi)
Adjective
viecchio (feminine singular vecchia, masculine plural viecchie, feminine plural vecchie)
- old
References
- AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz – 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