vuosco

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

• vosco, bosco (< Italian bosco)

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin boscus, borrowed from Frankish *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

vuosco m (plural vuosche)

1. wood (area with trees)

References

• 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