Appendix E           Word patterns – pronunciation patterns of nouns based on the singular form

Words are stressed on the third to last vowel when a singular word ends with

-abo     -aco     -ade     -afo      -ago     -alo      -aria

-eria

-iba      -ibe      -ica      -ico      -ide      -ido      -ile      -ilo      -imo     -ine      -ipe

-obo     -ofe      -ofo     -ogo     -ole      -olo    -ope     -opo

-ua       -ugo     -ula      -ulo      uria

Also, see page 4.

 

Special cases:

ane:   all words ending in -omane stress the o

 

asi:   all words ending in - iasi = - ìasi

 

asi:   all words ending in -stasi stress the vowel before the st

 

ate:  all words ending in -obate stress the o

 

ate:   all words ending in -ocrate stress the o

 

eno: all words ending in -geno stress the vowel before the letter g

 

gia:   all words ending in –gia = gìa

 

  ia:   all technical words stress the second to last vowel = ìa

 

olo:   all words ending in -aiolo = -aiòlo

 

olo:   all technical terms = -òlo

ora:   all words ending in -fora stress the vowel before the f

 

una:   all words ending in -auna = -àuna

 

uro:   all words ending in -auro = -àuro

 

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