jennero

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

• genero (< Italian genero)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin generum.

Pronunciation

• (Naples) IPA^(key): [ˈjennərə], (Italianized form:) [ˈd͡ʒɛnərə]
• (Castelmezzano) IPA^(key): [ˈʃiĕnnərə]

Noun

jennero m (plural jennere)

1. son-in-law

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 33: “il genero” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• Ledgeway, Adam (2009) Grammatica diacronica del napoletano, Tübingen: Niemeyer, page 111