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 "Na
cht". (ñ) nasal, as in English "si
ng"; not to be confused with the Spanish . (ô) as in English "l
oom". (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 ==See also==