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Italian-Ligurian (Genoese) dictionary

pentola

f. n.
  1. recipiente da cucina

    pugnatta [pyˈɲatˑa] ~ [piˈɲatˑa]1

    mettere la pentola sul fornello

    mette a pugnatta in sciô feugo

    la pentola di fagioli sobbolliva

    a pugnatta de faxeu a preboggiva

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1. Words with [y/ɥ] in unstressed position

For a small number of words that show in urban Genoese the shift from [y]/[ɥ] in unstressed position towards [i]/[j], such as butiro [byˈtiːru] ~ [biˈtiːru] or butegâ [byteˈɡaː] ~ [biteˈɡaː], the spelling most established in usage is maintained.

Declensions

f. s f. p
pugnatta pugnatte

Multi-word expressions

→ dura più una pentola vecchia che una nuova, → pentola a pressione.