vuosco

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Neapolitan

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Early Medieval Latin boscus.

Pronunciation

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  • (Naples and environs) IPA(key): [ˈβwoʃk], [ˈwoʃk], (Italianized forms:) [ˈvɔʃk], [ˈbɔʃk]
  • (Castelmezzano) IPA(key): [ˈvɔsk]

Noun

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vuosco m (plural vuosche)

  1. wood (area with trees)

References

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  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 530: “il bosco di larici: il bosco di abeti” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
  • Ledgeway, Adam (2009) Grammatica diacronica del napoletano, Tübingen: Niemeyer, pages 32, 69, 94