addò

See also: addo, ADDO, Addo, and addö

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

addove (non apocopated)
addó (misspelled diacritic)
aro, aró, arò (apocopated, rhotacized)

Etymology

Probably a clipping of addove, univerbation of an earlier *a duve, ultimately from Latin ad- and dē + ubi; otherwise from *(i)n duve. Compare Romanesco ndo, Italian dove, Sicilian unni.

Pronunciation

(Naples) IPA^(key): [adˈdo]

Adverb

addò

where

References

AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 821: “dove vai?” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it