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fungio

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Neapolitan

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Alteration of the older fungo (inherited from Latin fungus) by analogy with the palatalized plural funge < Latin fungī.

Pronunciation

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  • (Naples) IPA(key): [ˈfuɲt͡ʃ]

Noun

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fungio m (plural funge)

  1. mushroom

References

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  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 621: “il fungo; i funghi” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
  • Ledgeway, Adam (2009) Grammatica diacronica del napoletano, Tübingen: Niemeyer, page 123