chiagnere

Neapolitan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin plangere.

Pronunciation

(Naples) IPA^(key): [ˈkçaɲɲərə]
(Formicola) IPA^(key): [ˈcaɲɲə]
(Castelmezzano) IPA^(key): [ˈcant͡ʃ]
(Montefusco) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃand͡ʒə]

Verb

chiagnere

to weep, cry
A chiagnere 'nu muorto so' lacreme perze.
To cry for the dead is wasted tears.

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

References

AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 730: “perché lo fai piangere” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “chiagnere”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano

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