Re: [tied] barba, farfeche, bãiat

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 14584
Date: 2002-08-27

Thank you. That's really enlightening.
 
Piotr
 
 
----- Original Message -----
From: Antonio Sciarretta
To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 10:08 AM
Subject: Re: [tied] barba, farfeche, bãiat

 
The word should be farfécchjë, pl. 'moustaches' with closed stressed e and neutral vowel at the end. As far as I remember, this word is often mentioned as a Southern Italy dialectal form showing an Oscan substrate.