denucchio

Neapolitan

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin genuculum, from Latin geniculum.

Pronunciation

• (Naples) IPA^(key): [rəˈnucc], (plural) [rəˈnoccə]
• (Castelmezzano) IPA^(key): [ʃəˈnucc], (plural) [ʃəˈnocc]

Noun

denucchio m (plural denucchie or denocchie)

1. knee

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 162: “il ginocchio; le ginocchia” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• Giacco, Giuseppe (2003) “denucchio”, in Schedario Napoletano