Judaeo-Piedmontese

Judaeo-Piedmontese was the vernacular language of the Italian Jews living in Piedmont, Italy, from about the 15th century until World War II. It was based on the Piedmontese language, with many loanwords from ancient Hebrew, Provençal, and Spanish. Most of the speakers were murdered during the war, and as of 2015 it is virtually extinct.

Vocabulary The dialect never had written phonetic rules; the words in this list are written according to 's short satirical poem (The great battle of the Jews of Moncalvo, in Italian) and Primo Levi's book The Periodic Table.

Pronunciation:

(kh) as in German "Nacht".

(ñ) nasal, as in English "sing"; not to be confused with the Spanish .

(ô) as in English "loom".

(u) like the French u or the German ü.

(sc) like the English sh.

(j) as in German "Jung" or in English "young".

- blessing - God, Lord - in a dream (used for jokes) barakhùt - blessed barôcabà - Welcome! (literally: Blessed be he who comes!) batacaìn - cemetery beemà - beast berìt - pact, penis (vulgar) Cadòss Barôkhù - God cassèr - community, ghetto ganàv - thief ganavé - to steal ghescér - bridge gôì - non-Jewish man gôià - non-Jewish woman gojìm - non-Jewish people hafassìm - jewels (lit. "stuff") hamòr - donkey hamortà - stupid woman (lit. female of donkey) hasìr - pig hasirùd - rubbish havertà - rough and dissolute woman khakhàm - rabbi (lit. "learned one") khalaviòd - breasts (from Hebrew "halav", milk) khaltrùm - Catholic bigotry khamisà - five khamissidò - slap khanéc - neck (pregnant with meaning, used to swear) khaniké - to hang (kill) khèder - room kinìm - lice lakhtì - (exclamation) go away! Lassòn Acòdesh - Sacred Language macòd - blows maftèkh - key mahané - neck (generic and neutral) mamsér - bastard mañòd - money medà meshônà - accident (lit. "strange death") menaghèm / meraghèl - spy Milca - Queen morénô - rabbi (lit. "our master") nainé - to look at ñarél - non-circumcised nero - evil, bad, terrible pakhàt - fear pegartà - dead woman pôñaltà - dirty, shabbily-clothed woman pôñèl - dirty, shabbily-clothed man rabbenù - rabbi rashàn - non-pious rôkhòd - winds ruàkh - wind samdé - to baptize (lit. "destroy") sarfatìm - guards saròd - disgraced scòla - synagogue, temple sefòkh - toddler vomit sôrada - appearance, look sôtià - crazy woman tafùs - prison, jail (it is a Hebrew loanword in Piedmontese jargon. Ca tafus meaning "jail", from ca house, although the piedmontese word is përzon) takhôrìm - haemorroids tanhanè - to argue

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