mazzecare

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Neapolitan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin masticāre, apparently with metathesis of /st/.

Pronunciation

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  • (Naples) IPA(key): [matt͡səˈka]

Verb

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mazzecare

  1. to chew
  2. (in general) to eat
  3. (figuratively) to ponder, reflect

References

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  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1023: “masticare” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
  • Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “mazzecare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano
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