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Italian-Ligurian (Genoese) dictionary

cerimonia

f. n.
  1. celebrazione

    çeimònia [sejˈmɔnˑja] ~ [sejˈmɔɲˑa]

    la cerimonia è durata sei ore

    a çeimònia a l’é duâ sëi oe

  2. al pl., frasi usuali di cortesia; convenevoli

    comprimento [kuŋpriˈmeŋtu] (var. complimento)

    non faccia tante cerimonie!

    scià no fasse tanti comprimenti!

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Cluster [nj] in urban Genoese

The cluster [nj] at the beginning of a word and between vowels is often realized in urban Genoese and related varieties as [ɲ] (the “gn” sound).

Thus we have the pronunciation [ˈɲaːtri] for niatri (“gnatri”), [iɲeˈsjuŋ] for inieçion (“igneçion”), [ˈaɲˑa] for ania (“agna”), etc.

Note that masculine singulars ending in -nio [-ɲˑu] regularly form their plural in -nni [-nˑi]: testimònio [testiˈmɔɲˑu] > testimònni [testiˈmɔnˑi], capitanio [kapiˈtaɲˑu] > capitanni [kapiˈtanˑi], etc.

Declensions

m. s m. p f. s f. p
— — çeimònia çeimònie
comprimento comprimenti — —