aggio

See also: -aggio

Italian

Etymology

Probably borrowed from the apheresis of Old Venetian lazo (from an earlier *lagio), ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀλλάγιον (allágion).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈad.d͡ʒo/
  • Rhymes: -addʒo
  • Hyphenation: àg‧gio

Noun

aggio m (plural aggi)

  1. (economics) premium

Descendants
  • → English: agio
  • → French: agio
  • → Portuguese: ágio

References
  1. aggio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Neapolitan

Alternative forms
  • agg, aggiu (alt. spellings)
  • ayo, ajo, aio (Abruzzo, Molise, N. Apulia;[1] obsolete in Naples[2])

Etymology

Inherited from Latin habeō.

Pronunciation
  • (Naples) IPA(key): [ˈadd͡ʒ(ə)]
    • (in sandhi)[3] IPA(key): [ˈadd͡ʒu] (rare/obsolete?)[4]
  • (Roccasicura) IPA(key): [ˈaːjə]

Verb

aggio

  1. first-person singular present indicative of avé

References
  1. AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 390: “ho visto” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
  2. Ledgeway, Adam (2009) Grammatica diacronica del napoletano, Tübingen: Niemeyer, page 111
  3. Ledgeway, Adam (2009) Grammatica diacronica del napoletano, Tübingen: Niemeyer, pages 76, 79
  4. AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 390: “ho visto” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
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