fungio

Neapolitan

Alternative forms
  • funcio (alt. spelling)
  • fugno, fogno (Abruzzo, Molise, Gargano)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Naples) IPA(key): [ˈfuɲt͡ʃ]

Noun

fungio m (plural funge)

  1. mushroom

References
  • 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
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