denucchio

Neapolitan

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin genuculum, from Latin geniculum.

Pronunciation
  • (Naples) IPA(key): [rəˈnucc], (plural) [rəˈnoccə]
  • (Castelmezzano) IPA(key): [ʃəˈnucc], (plural) [ʃəˈnocc]

Noun

denucchio m (plural denucchie or denocchie)

  1. knee

References
  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 162: “il ginocchio; le ginocchia” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
  • Giacco, Giuseppe (2003) “denucchio”, in Schedario Napoletano
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