jodece
Neapolitan edit
Alternative forms edit
- iodece (alt. spelling)
Etymology edit
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The expected outcome of the stressed vowel would have been /u/. The shift to /o/ resulted from a sort of reverse-metaphony, whereby the plural judece was taken as implying a singular with /o/, on the pattern of nouns of metaphonic alternations such as ammore (“love”) ⇔ ammure (“loves”). This had the effect of introducing a singular-plural distinction: judece sg or pl → jodece sg, judece pl. |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
jodece m (plural judece)
Related terms edit
References edit
- Ledgeway, Adam (2009) Grammatica diacronica del napoletano, Tübingen: Niemeyer, page 66
- Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “jodece”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano