mazzecare

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Neapolitan edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Latin masticāre, apparently with metathesis of /st/.

Pronunciation edit

(Naples) IPA^(key): [matt͡səˈka]

Verb edit

mazzecare

to chew
(in general) to eat
(figuratively) to ponder, reflect

References edit

AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1023: “masticare” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “mazzecare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano

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