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Italian-Ligurian (Genoese) dictionary

posacenere

m. n.
  1. contenitore per raccogliere la cenere e i mozziconi delle sigarette

    päçenie [paːˈsenˑje] ~ [paːˈseɲˑe]

    portacicche [pɔrtaˈtʃikˑe]

    metti la sigaretta nel posacenere, per favore

    metti a çigaretta into päçenie, pe piaxei

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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
päçenie päçenie