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Italian-Ligurian (Genoese) dictionary

manovra corrente

f. n. phr.
  1. seafaring cavo che permette di spostare gli elementi dell’alberatura, della velatura, ecc.

    maneuvra corrente [maˈnøːvra kuˈreŋte]

    la scotta è una manovra corrente che controlla l’orientamento di una vela

    a scòtta a l’é unna maneuvra corrente ch’a contròlla l’orientamento de unna veia

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Plurals of feminines in -e

Feminine nouns and adjectives ending in -e remain unchanged in the plural, keeping a form closer to the original Latin declension compared to the Italian equivalents. Thus unna ciave > doe ciave < duae claves “two keys” and unna noxe > træ noxe < tres nuces “three nuts”. Plural forms in -i, such as ciavi and noxi, are Italianisms widely spread especially in urban areas.

Exceptions are feminines in -eise, whose plural form is now -eixi as in the masculine: unna zeneise > dötræ zeneixi “some Genoese women”.