auciello

Neapolitan

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin aucellus, ultimately from Latin avis.

Pronunciation

• (Naples) IPA^(key): [awˈt͡ʃiə̯ɫːɐ]
• (Central Apulia) IPA^(key): [aˈt͡ʃi(ə̯)d̪ːə]
• (Eastern Abruzzo) IPA^(key): [ˈʃɛɫːə]
• Rhymes: -jellə

Noun

auciello m (plural aucielle)

1. bird

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 513: “un uccello” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• Giacco, Giuseppe (2003) “auciéllo”, in Schedario Napoletano