janco

See also: jànco

Neapolitan

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin blancus.

Pronunciation

• (Naples) IPA^(key): [ˈjaŋɡə]

Adjective

janco (feminine singular janca, plural janche)

1. white
2. pale

   Synonym: miccio

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1575: “bianco; bianca; bianchi” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “janco”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano