denucchio

Neapolitan edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Late Latin genuculum, from Latin geniculum.

Pronunciation edit

(Naples) IPA^(key): [rəˈnucc], (plural) [rəˈnoccə]
(Castelmezzano) IPA^(key): [ʃəˈnucc], (plural) [ʃəˈnocc]

Noun edit

denucchio m (plural denucchie or denocchie)

knee

References edit

AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 162: “il ginocchio; le ginocchia” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
Giacco, Giuseppe (2003) “denucchio”, in Schedario Napoletano

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