viecchio

Neapolitan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin veclus, from Latin vetulus.

Pronunciation

• (Naples) IPA^(key): [ˈvjeccə], (in sandhi) [-u]
  • (feminine) IPA^(key): [ˈvɛccə], (in sandhi) [-a]

Adjective

viecchio (feminine singular vecchia, masculine plural viecchie, feminine plural vecchie)

1. old

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – 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