vuosco

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Inherited from Early Medieval Latin boscus, borrowed from Frankish *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz.

    Pronunciation

    • (Naples and environs) IPA(key): [ˈβwoʃk], [ˈwoʃk], (Italianized forms:) [ˈvɔʃk], [ˈbɔʃk]
    • (Castelmezzano) IPA(key): [ˈvɔsk]

    Noun

    vuosco m (plural vuosche)

    1. wood (area with trees)

    References

    • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 530: “il bosco di larici: il bosco di abeti” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
    • Ledgeway, Adam (2009) Grammatica diacronica del napoletano, Tübingen: Niemeyer, pages 32, 69, 94
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