juoco

Neapolitan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin iocus.

Pronunciation
  • (Naples) IPA(key): [ˈjwoːkə]
  • (Castelmezzano) IPA(key): [ˈʃuːkə]

Noun

juoco m (plural juoche)

  1. game

References
  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 740: “il giuoco” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
  • Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “juoco”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano
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