alloccare

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

• alluccare, alloccà, alluccà (alt. spellings)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Naples) IPA^(key): [alluˈka]

Verb

alloccare

1. to yell, shout

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1607: “ma noi ci sgrida continuamente” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “alloccare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano