Neapolitan edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Late Latin aucellus, ultimately from Latin avis.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

auciello m (plural aucielle)

  1. bird

References edit

  • 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