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un uovo di gallina

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Etymology

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin (*)ŏvum, from Latin ōvum n.

The irregular plural uova reflects a continuation of the Latin plural with /-a/.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈwɔ.vo/
  • Audio (un uovo, “an egg”):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔvo
  • Hyphenation: uò‧vo

Noun

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uovo m (plural uova f)

  1. egg
    un uovo di gallinaa chicken egg

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Neapolitan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin (*)ŏvum, from Latin ōvum n.

The irregular plural ova reflects a continuation of the Latin plural with /-a/.

Pronunciation

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  • (Naples) IPA(key): [ˈuːovə], (plural) [ˈɔːvə]
  • (Castelmezzano) IPA(key): [ˈuːə̆və] (singular/plural)

Noun

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uovo m (plural ova)

  1. egg

References

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  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1132: “l'uovo; le uova” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
  • Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “uovo”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano