assaje

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

• assai

Etymology

From Medieval Latin ad satis. Compare Italian assai. The final schwa is epenthetic.

Pronunciation

• (Naples) IPA^(key): [asˈsaːjə]

Adverb

assaje

1. very, a lot

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 65: “lui l'ama molto” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• Giacco, Giuseppe (2003) “assaie”, in Schedario Napoletano

Tarantino

Adjective

assaje

1. many