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===La veca (the week)=== | ===La veca (the week)=== | ||
The week (''la veca'') has seven days, named after standard Germanic fashion in colloquial speech, but in high register speech, the Roman names are used instead. All the low register forms were ultimately calqued from a West Germanic language, probably Frankish, Old High German or Langobardic | The week (''la veca'') has seven days, named after standard Germanic fashion in colloquial speech, but in high register speech, the Roman names are used instead. All the low register forms were ultimately calqued from a West Germanic language, probably Frankish, Old High German or Langobardic: | ||
* Sauilodagu | * '''Sauilodagu''' “Sunday” | ||
* Lunadagu | * '''Lunadagu''' “Monday” | ||
* Teivodagu | * '''Teivodagu''' “Tuesday” | ||
* Godnodagu | * '''Godnodagu''' “Wednesday” | ||
* Donardagu | * '''Donardagu''' “Thursday” | ||
* Freadagu | * '''Freadagu''' “Friday” | ||
* Saturnodagu | * '''Saturnodagu''' “Saturday” | ||
The high register forms are ultimately from Latin: | |||
* '''Domnico''' “Sunday” | |||
* '''Lunedie''' “Monday” | |||
* '''Martedie''' “Tuesday” | |||
* '''Mercoledie''' “Wednesday” | |||
* '''Giuvedie''' “Thursday” | |||
* '''Venerdie''' “Friday” | |||
* '''Sabbato''' “Saturday” | |||