pecché

See also: pecche

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

• pecchè (alt. spelling)
• pecchéne (archaic)

Etymology

By surface analysis, pe (“for”) +‎ ché (“what”), with its various Romance cognates (Italian perché, French pourquoi, Spanish porqué) suggestive of a Vulgar Latin *[prō quid] ~ *[per quid].

Pronunciation

• (Naples) IPA^(key): [pəkˈke]
• Rhymes: -e

Adverb

pecché

1. why

Conjunction

pecché

1. because

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 730: “perché lo fai piangere?” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• Giacco, Giuseppe (2003) “pecché”, in Schedario Napoletano

Old French

Verb

pecché

1. past participle of peccher