fungio

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

• funcio (alt. spelling)
• fugno, fogno (Abruzzo, Molise, Gargano)

Etymology

Alteration of the older fungo (inherited from Latin fungus) by analogy with the palatalized plural funge < Latin fungī.

Pronunciation

• (Naples) IPA^(key): [ˈfuɲt͡ʃ]

Noun

fungio m (plural funge)

1. mushroom

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 621: “il fungo; i funghi” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• Ledgeway, Adam (2009) Grammatica diacronica del napoletano, Tübingen: Niemeyer, page 123