fecato

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

• fetaco

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ficatum. Compare Italian fegato.

Pronunciation

• (Naples) IPA^(key): [ˈfeːkətə]
• (Castelmezzano) IPA^(key): [ˈfɛːkətə]

Noun

fecato m (plural fecate)

1. liver

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 139: “il fegato” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• Giacco, Giuseppe (2003) “fecato”, in Schedario Napoletano