aglianeca

→ Italian: aglianico

Unknown. Perhaps from Vulgar Latin *eleānica, from Ancient Greek Ἐλέα (Eléa, a city on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea), or from some convoluted evolution of Latin hellenicus.


ammennula

Inherited from Latin amygdalum (via the plural form with /-a/). Compare Italian mandorla.


scompetura

From intensifier s- + compiere ("to end").


semmana

From Late Latin septimāna (“week”), possibly via Spanish semana.


Proceta

From Latin Prochyta, from Ancient Greek Προχύτη (Prokhútē).

Procida (an island and municipality of Italy)


jettatore

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jettatore m (plural jettature, feminine singular jettatora, feminine plural jettatore)

jettature (plural)
jettatora (feminine singular)
jettatore (feminine plural)

→ Italian: iettatore

From jettà (“hurl”) + -tore (agentive suffix).


rotunno

Alternative spelling of rutunno (“picarel”)


vabbuò

Apocopic form of va buono; compare Italian vabbè.

Vabbuò, ja', trase.


vasinicola

From Latin basilicum, from Ancient Greek βασιλικόν (basilikón), nominalized neuter form of the adjective βασιλικός (basilikós, “royal, kingly”), derived from βασιλεύς (basileús, “master; king”).


petrosino

From Latin petroselīnum, from Ancient Greek πετροσέλινον (petrosélinon), from πέτρα (pétra, “stone”) + σέλινον (sélinon, “celery”).

der

πετροσέλινον


pastenaca

From Latin pastinaca (“parsnip, carrot”), from pastinum (“two-pronged fork”); related to pastinare (“to dig up the ground”).


nzieme

From Vulgar Latin *īnsemel, which is a combination of Latin īnsimul and semel. See also Italian insieme and French ensemble.

Faticammo nzieme.


nzieme

Tuorna nzieme co me.


ascià

Alternative spelling of asciare (“to find, encounter”)


bafagna

Likely from Italian afa + Latin favōnius.


sconciglio

→ English: scungilli

/ʃkuŋˈtʃi.ʝʝə/

From Latin conchylium, from Ancient Greek κογχύλιον (konkhúlion, “small mussel”). See also Italian conchiglia.


arcepiscopo

arce- + piscopo; modeled on Latin archiepiscopus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχιεπίσκοπος (arkhiepískopos), from ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “first, chief”) + ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “overseer”). See also Italian arcivescovo.

ἀρχιεπίσκοπος


abbafaogno

nap-adj

abbafaogno (feminine singular abbafaogna, plural abbafaogne)

abbafaogna (feminine singular)
abbafaogne (plural)

From a + Latin favōnius. See also Italian favonio.


cacà

Alternative spelling of cacare (“to shit”)


ammontonare

Borrowed from Spanish amontonar. By surface analysis, a- + montone + -are. Compare also Sicilian ammuntunari, Italian ammontonare.


sunare

Alternative spelling of sonare (“to make a sound”)


ummenone

uommene (“men”, plural of ommo) + -one (augmentative suffix)

af

plural of <i class="Latn mention" lang="nap">ommo</i>


ô vero

ma ô vero faje?


sfaccimma

Possibly borrowed from Sicilian spacchimi, ultimately from Vulgar Latin *expatlum, from Vulgar Latin *expatlum literally meaning "what comes out of the [vaginal] opening", from Vulgar Latin ex + *patlum, from Latin patulus (“open, spread out”).

insolent, cheeky, impudent, shameless, brazen-faced


bemmenute

Bemmenute ncopp'a Wikipedia, l'enciclopedía líbbera ca tutte ponno cagnà.

Welcome to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.


nustierzu

Inherited from Latin nū̆diū̆stertius (“now is the third day; the day before yesterday”).

inh

Quannu l'ai vistu? – Nusterzu.

When did you last see him? – Two days ago.

day before yesterday
day before yesterday

(Northern Calabrian) the day before yesterday; two days ago


murire

Alternative spelling of morire (“to die”)


godè

Alternative spelling of godere (“to enjoy”)


dinto

From Late Latin dē intrō (literally “from within”).


fafa

Possibly from the Lucanian substrate, from Proto-Italic *fafā ~ *fabā, whence Latin faba whence Neapolitan fava.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:fafa.


facimme

first-person plural present indicative of fà


appocundria

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ὑποχονδριακός (hupokhondriakós, “of the region between the ribs and navel”).

der

ὑποχονδριακός

Appocundria me scoppia / Ogne minuto ‘mpietto / Peccè passanno forte / Haje sconcecato ‘o lietto / Appocundria ‘e chi è sazio / E dice ca è diuno / Appocundria ‘e nisciuno / Appocundria ‘e nisciuno

1980, Pino Daniele (lyrics and music), “Appocundria”, in Nero a metà:


ammó

Ammó! Vien' ccà!


trimone

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trimone m (plural trimune, feminine singular trimona, feminine plural trimone)

trimune (plural)
trimona (feminine singular)
trimone (feminine plural)
Bari

[trɪˈmɑʊ̯.nə̆]

Uncertain. Many hypotheses have been formulated:
# From the sense “hoe handle”. The movement required to work with such would have been compared with masturbation, but no further etymology is given.
# From tremà (“to shake”, from Latin tremō, *tremāre) + -one (agent suffix), thus literally “one who shakes”, in the sense of “wanker”.
# From French trumeau (“trumeau”), which in Italy became the name of a piece of furniture (see more at Italian trumeau). The weight of the piece of furniture would have been compared with the stubbornness of a person.
# From the sense “sorbet-making machine”, in which crushed ice went up and down, which would then be compared with masturbation. However, no further etymology is given for this hypothesis.
# From Italian trombone (“trombone (musical instrument)”). The way the instrument's slide is brought back and forth to play it would have been compared with masturbation.
A folk etymology derives the term from French autrement (“differently, in some other way”), presumably having been pronounced by composer Niccolò Piccinni when answering the question “How will we manage without women?” by his companions after he had decided not to bring courtesans in his trip to his hometown Bari. Non-French-speaking locals would have then reintepreted his words as “[By means of] masturbation”.

af

from Latin <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">tremō, *tremāre</i>

bor

(dated) See more in the Etymology section

See more in the Etymology section
hoe handle

See more in the Etymology section
a sorbet-making machine


magnamucco

From magnà (“eat”) + mucco (“snot”). Literally, “snot-eater”.

a snotty person, someone who often has to deal with his snot


jucare

Alternative spelling of jocare (“to play”)


bemmenuto

nap-adj

bemmenuto (feminine singular bemmenuta, plural bemmenute)

bemmenuta (feminine singular)
bemmenute (plural)

From Vulgar Latin *bene venūtus. Compare Italian benvenuto, Sicilian bimminutu, Venetian benvegnuo, Catalan benvingut.


bemmenuto

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bemmenuto m (plural bemmenute, feminine singular bemmenuta, feminine plural bemmenute)

bemmenute (plural)
bemmenuta (feminine singular)
bemmenute (feminine plural)


frisco

nap-adj

frisco (feminine singular fresca, masculine plural frischi, feminine plural fresche)

fresca (feminine singular)
frischi (masculine plural)
fresche (feminine plural)


scupillo

Ultimately from Latin scōpa (“broom”), but the precise derivation is unclear. Compare Italian scoviglio.

scupillo de Palermo

Scarola ‘e ll’uorto ¶ scupillo stuorto ¶ hai raggione e nun hai tuorto ¶ va fa’ ‘mmocca a chi t’è muorto!

anonymous author, edited by Angelo Manna, L'inferno della Poesia Napoletana (overall work in Italian), Del Delfino, published 1991, →ISBN, page 408:

Escarole from the garden ¶ crooked toilet brush ¶ you're right and aren't wrong ¶ may your dead ones go fuck themselves!


scupiglia

From Medieval Latin scopīlia (“sweeping, refuse”). Cognate with Italian scoviglia.


sentere

Alternative form of sentire (“to feel, hear”)


fafodda

From fafa + -olla, possibly of Lucanian origin.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:fafodda.


menì

Possibly from an Osco-Umbrian substrate form attested as Umbrian 𐌌𐌄𐌍𐌄𐌔 (menes).

(chiefly Apulia) Alternative form of venire (“to come, arrive”)


castariello

[käst̪äˈɾiə̯ɫːɐ]

[käst̪äˈɾɪd̪ːə]

Cognates possibly include: Medieval Latin clisterella f; French crécerelle f and cristel m; Middle English castrel, English kestrel.

Falco tinnunculus
Falco tinnunculus#Translingual

kestrel, any of various small falcons of the genus Falco.

Falco naumanni
Falco naumanni#Translingual


asteco

From Medieval Latin astracum, from Ancient Greek ὄστρακον (óstrakon, “shell, sherd”).


addò

Probably a clipping of addove, univerbation of an earlier *a duve, ultimately from Latin ad- and dē + ubi; otherwise from *(i)n duve. Compare Romanesco ndo, Italian dove, Sicilian unni.


cuorio

[ˈkuːə̆jərə]


pavoruso

nap-adj

pavoruso (feminine singular pavorosa, masculine plural pavoruse, feminine plural pavorose)

pavorosa (feminine singular)
pavoruse (masculine plural)
pavorose (feminine plural)

From Vulgar Latin *pavōrōsum, derived from Latin pavōrem (“fear”, noun).


crepantare

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *crepantāre. Related to, but unlikely to derive from, the Spanish quebrantar.


tuosto

tuosto (feminine singular tosta, masculine plural tuoste, feminine plural toste)

tosta (feminine singular)
tuoste (masculine plural)
toste (feminine plural)

Inherited from Latin tostus (“dried up, parched”).


dumeneca

[ɾʊˈmeːnəkă]

[dəˈmɛːnəkə]

Inherited from Late Latin [diēs] Dominica (literally “day of the Lord”).


miedeco

[ˈmiːə̆dəkə]


vuosco

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin boscus.


vommecare

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *vomicāre, from Latin vomitāre.


medullo

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *medullum n, from Latin medulla f.


fecato

Inherited from Latin ficatum. Compare Italian fegato.


jelà

Alternative spelling of jelare (“to freeze”)


junno

nap-adj

junno (feminine singular jonna, masculine plural junne, feminine plural jonne)

jonna (feminine singular)
junne (masculine plural)
jonne (feminine plural)


vraccio

Inherited from Latin bracchium. Compare Italian braccio.


cefaro

From Late Latin cephalus, from Ancient Greek κέφαλος (képhalos). Compare Italian cefalo.
Does not reflect the etymologically expected diphthongization in the singular.


verè

Alternative spelling of vedere (“to see”)


maneco

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin manicus, derived from Latin manus (“hand”).


jodece

[ˈjoːrət͡ʃə]


fungio

Alteration of the older fungo (inherited from Latin fungus) by analogy with the palatalized plural funge < Latin fungī.


puorco

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puorco m (plural puorce, feminine porca, feminine plural porche)

puorce (plural)
porca (feminine)
porche (feminine plural)


prevete

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *prebiter, from Latin presbyter (nominative form). Compare Italian prete.


sciummo

creek, stream: a little non-perennial river


cadè

Alternative spelling of cadere (“to fall”)


miereco

Alternative spelling of miedeco (“doctor”)


tenè

Alternative spelling of tenere (“to hold, possess”)


subbeto

Alternative spelling of subbito (“immediately”)


merullo

Alternative spelling of medullo (“bone marrow”)


pecchè

Alternative spelling of pecché (“because”)


scurcià

Alternative spelling of scorciare (“to shorten”)


padula

Inherited from Late Latin padūlem, from Latin palūdem.


ammantecare

From a- + manteca (“cream, butter”) + -are (verb-forming suffix).


cufenaturo

From cuofano + -turo, the former from Latin cophinus, from Ancient Greek κόφινος (kóphinos, “basket”).

der

18th c., Cicerenella, popular Neapolitan song

Cicerenella had a bottom // that looked like a washtub.

Cicerenella teneva 'no culo // che pareva 'no cufenaturo.

1976, La Gatta Cenerentola, third act, "Il coro dei soldati [The Soldiers' Chorus]"

Don't be afraid! // Bring out the naked foot! // Each soldier takes measurements // not to be a hassle (lit. break the washtub)!

Nun avite appaura! // Cacciate 'o pere annura! // Ogni surdato piglia 'a mesura // pe' nu' scassa' 'o cufenaturo!


gudé

Alternative spelling of godere (“to enjoy”)


decifrà

Alternative spelling of decifrare (“to decipher”)


tunno

nap-adj

tunno (feminine singular tonna, masculine plural tunne, feminine plural tonne)

tonna (feminine singular)
tunne (masculine plural)
tonne (feminine plural)

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *tundus, from Latin rotundus.


abbannonare

abbannonà (infinitive)
abbannonanno (gerund)
abbannonante (participle present)
abbannonato (participle past)
abbannono (indicative present singular)
abbannone (indicative present second-person singular)
abbannona (indicative present singular third-person)
abbannonammo (first-person indicative plural present)
abbannonate (indicative plural present second-person)
abbannonano (indicative plural present third-person)
abbannonavo (imperfect indicative singular)
abbannonave (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
abbannonava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
abbannonavamo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
abbannonavate (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
abbannonavano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
abbannonaje (indicative singular)
abbannonaste (indicative second-person singular)
abbannonaje (indicative singular third-person)
abbannonajemo (first-person indicative plural)
abbannonastevo (indicative plural second-person)
abbannonajeno (indicative plural third-person)
abbannonarraggio (future indicative singular)
abbannonarraje (future indicative second-person singular)
abbannonarrà (future indicative singular third-person)
abbannonarrimmo (first-person future indicative plural)
abbannonarrite (future indicative plural second-person)
abbannonarranno (future indicative plural third-person)
abbannonarria (conditional indicative singular)
abbannonarrisse (conditional indicative second-person singular)
abbannonarria (conditional indicative singular third-person)
abbannonarrissemo (conditional first-person indicative plural)
abbannonarrissevo (conditional indicative plural second-person)
abbannonarriano (conditional indicative plural third-person)
abbannonasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
abbannonasse (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
abbannonasse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
abbannonassemo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
abbannonassevo (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
abbannonassero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
abbannona (imperative second-person singular)
abbannona (imperative singular third-person)
abbannonammo (first-person imperative plural)
abbannonate (imperative plural second-person)
abbannoneno (imperative plural third-person)

Ultimately from Old French abandoner, possibly via the medium of Italian abbandonare.


vattere

Inherited from Late Latin battere, from Classical Latin battuere.


muollo

muollo (feminine singular molla, masculine plural muolle, feminine plural molle)

molla (feminine singular)
muolle (masculine plural)
molle (feminine plural)

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *mollus, from Latin mollis. Compare Sicilian moddu.


repubbrecano

repubbrecano (feminine singular repubbrecana, plural repubbrecane)

repubbrecana (feminine singular)
repubbrecane (plural)


ammennola

Alternative spelling of ammennula (“almond”)


nfocare

Inherited from Late Latin infocāre. By surface analysis, n- (“in”) + fuoco (“fire”) + -are (verb-forming suffix).


iastemmà

Alternative spelling of jastemmare (“to curse, insult”)


iucà

Alternative spelling of jocare (“to play”)


iastemma

Alternative spelling of jastemma (“curse, insult”)


iodece

Alternative spelling of jodece (“judge”)


chiurere

Alternative spelling of chiudere (“to close, shut”)


nchiurere

Alternative spelling of nchiudere (“to close, shut”)


vutà

Alternative spelling of votare (“to turn”)


ielà

Alternative spelling of jelare (“to freeze”)


leiere

Alternative spelling of lejere (“to read”)


mparare

Primma t' aggi' a mparà e pò t' aggi' a perdere.

First I must teach you [the trade] and then I must lose you.


abbelenare

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *advenēnāre, from Latin venēnāre.


jettà

Alternative spelling of jettare (“to throw”)


jodicare

Alternative spelling of jodecare (“to judge”)


vommecà

Alternative spelling of vommecare (“to vomit”)


mmità

Alternative spelling of mmitare (“to invite”)


mmetà

Alternative spelling of mmetare (“to invite”)


sciarmà

Alternative spelling of sciarmare (“to disarm”)


puté

Alternative spelling of potere (“to be able to”)


lejere

Inherited from Latin legere. Doublet of leggere, which was borrowed from Italian.
Obsolete in Naples proper but lives on in Calabria.


mustà

Alternative spelling of mostare (“to show”)


urdenà

Alternative spelling of ordenare (“to order”)


mparà

Alternative spelling of mparare (“to teach, learn”)


nciarmà

Alternative spelling of nciarmare (“to enchant”)


scì

Alternative spelling of scire (“to leave”)


rebbrecà

Alternative spelling of rebbrecare (“to replicate”)


rebrecare

Alternative form of rebbrecare (“to replicate”)


crerere

Alternative spelling of credere (“to believe, think”)


peglià

Alternative spelling of pegliare (“to take”)


zeccheà

Alternative spelling of zeccheare (“to chirp, make bird noises”)


zecchejà

Alternative spelling of zecchejare (“to chirp, make bird noises”)


zecchejare

Alternative form of zecchiare (“to chirp, make bird noises”)


zecchià

Alternative spelling of zecchiare (“to chirp, make bird noises”)


zennà

Alternative spelling of zennare (“to indicate (esp. with the eyes), wink”)


vuttare

Alternative spelling of vottare (“to push, strike”)


zumpà

Alternative spelling of zompare (“to jump”)


vummecare

Alternative spelling of vommecare (“to vomit”)


volè

Alternative spelling of volere (“to want”)


tuppetià

Alternative spelling of toppetiare (“to knock”)


osemà

Alternative spelling of osemare (“to sniff, smell”)


trasì

Alternative spelling of trasire (“to enter”)


stotà

Alternative spelling of stotare (“to extinguish”)


scarfà

Alternative spelling of scarfare (“to heat up, reheat”)


sunà

Alternative spelling of sonare (“to make a sound”)


sonnà

Alternative spelling of sonnare (“to dream”)


trasire

Inherited from Latin trānsīre (“to traverse, cross”).


sonnare

By surface analysis, suonno (“sleep”, noun) + -are (verb-forming suffix). Possibly corresponds to a Vulgar Latin *somnāre; cf. Sicilian sunnari.


stotare

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *extūtāre, from Latin tūtārī (“avert, ward off”).

to extinguish, put out, turn off (a light)


spartere

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *expartīre, with a change in verb class. Cf. Italian spartire, Ladin spartir.


siscare

Alternative form of sescare (“to whistle”)


addormì

Alternative spelling of addormire (“to put to sleep”)


sescà

Alternative spelling of sescare (“to whistle”)


sfracassà

Alternative spelling of sfracassare (“to smash, shatter”)


scrammà

Alternative spelling of scrammare (“to exclaim”)


scramare

Alternative form of scrammare (“to exclaim”)


sellozzà

Alternative spelling of sellozzare (“to hiccough”)


scorcià

Alternative spelling of scorciare (“to shorten”)


sescare

Quanno 'o ciuccio nun vò bevere, hai voglia do siscà.

When the donkey doesn't want to drink, it wants to whistle.


petaccia

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pitaccium, variant of Latin pittacium.


revutà

Alternative spelling of revotare (“to turn, invert”)


reverzà

Alternative spelling of reverzare (“to turn, invert”)


ordinà

Alternative spelling of ordenare (“to order”)


mustare

Alternative spelling of mostare (“to show”)


nfucato

nap-adj

nfucato (feminine singular nfucata, plural nfucate)

nfucata (feminine singular)
nfucate (plural)


ntufato

ntufato (feminine singular ntufata, plural ntufate)

ntufata (feminine singular)
ntufate (plural)


jorecà

Alternative spelling of jodecare (“to judge”)


abbelenà

Alternative spelling of abbelenare (“to poison”)


abbenenà

Alternative spelling of abbenenare (“to poison”)


iucare

Alternative spelling of jocare (“to play”)


abbenenare

Alternative form of abbelenare (“to poison”)


mbarare

Alternative spelling of mparare (“to teach, learn”)


lovà

Alternative spelling of lovare (“to remove”)


lovare

Alternative form of levare (“to remove”)


ghielare

Alternative form of jelare (“to freeze”)


durmire

Alternative spelling of dormire (“to sleep”)


ngiarmare

Alternative spelling of nciarmare (“to enchant”)


ghielà

Alternative spelling of ghielare (“to freeze”)


abbannonà

Alternative spelling of abbannonare (“to abandon”)


abboscare

Alternative form of boscare (prefixed with a-)


boscare

Borrowed from Spanish buscar. Compare Italian buscare.

(by extension) to get the worst of it


jire

jire (infinitive)
jenno (gerund)
jente (participle present)
juto (participle past)
vaco (indicative present singular)
vaje (indicative present second-person singular)
va (indicative present singular third-person)
jamme (first-person indicative plural present)
jate (indicative plural present second-person)
vanno (indicative plural present third-person)
jevo (imperfect indicative singular)
jive (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
jeva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
jevamo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
jiveve (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
jevano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
jette (indicative singular)
jiste (indicative second-person singular)
jette (indicative singular third-person)
jettemo (first-person indicative plural)
jisteve (indicative plural second-person)
jetteno (indicative plural third-person)
jettero (indicative plural third-person)
jarraggio (future indicative singular)
jarraje (future indicative second-person singular)
jarrà (future indicative singular third-person)
jarrimme (first-person future indicative plural)
jarrite (future indicative plural second-person)
jarranno (future indicative plural third-person)
jarría (conditional indicative singular)
jarrisse (conditional indicative second-person singular)
jarría (conditional indicative singular third-person)
jarríame (conditional first-person indicative plural)
jarrisseve (conditional indicative plural second-person)
jarríano (conditional indicative plural third-person)
jesse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
jisse (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
jesse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
jessemo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
jisseve (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
jesseno (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
va' (imperative second-person singular)
je (imperative singular third-person)
jamme (first-person imperative plural)
jate (imperative plural second-person)
vanno (imperative plural third-person)

Inherited from Latin īre. Compare Italian (g)ire, Sicilian jiri.


addommenare

Alternative form of dommenare (prefixed with a-)


apeto

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *abētem, from Classical Latin abietem.


ammare

ammà (infinitive)
ammanno (gerund)
ammante (participle present)
ammato (participle past)
ammo (indicative present singular)
amme (indicative present second-person singular)
amma (indicative present singular third-person)
ammammo (first-person indicative plural present)
ammate (indicative plural present second-person)
ammano (indicative plural present third-person)
ammavo (imperfect indicative singular)
ammave (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
ammava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
ammavamo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
ammavate (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
ammavano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
ammaje (indicative singular)
ammaste (indicative second-person singular)
ammaje (indicative singular third-person)
ammajemo (first-person indicative plural)
ammastevo (indicative plural second-person)
ammajeno (indicative plural third-person)
ammarraggio (future indicative singular)
ammarraje (future indicative second-person singular)
ammarrà (future indicative singular third-person)
ammarrimmo (first-person future indicative plural)
ammarrite (future indicative plural second-person)
ammarranno (future indicative plural third-person)
ammarria (conditional indicative singular)
ammarrisse (conditional indicative second-person singular)
ammarria (conditional indicative singular third-person)
ammarrissemo (conditional first-person indicative plural)
ammarrissevo (conditional indicative plural second-person)
ammarriano (conditional indicative plural third-person)
ammasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
ammasse (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
ammasse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
ammassemo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
ammassevo (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
ammassero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
amma (imperative second-person singular)
amma (imperative singular third-person)
ammammo (first-person imperative plural)
ammate (imperative plural second-person)
ammeno (imperative plural third-person)


arrojenare

Alternative form of arroinare (“to ruin”)


apporà

Alternative spelling of apporare (“to discover, establish”)


apporare

apporà (infinitive)
apporanno (gerund)
apporante (participle present)
apporato (participle past)
apporo (indicative present singular)
appore (indicative present second-person singular)
appora (indicative present singular third-person)
apporammo (first-person indicative plural present)
apporate (indicative plural present second-person)
apporano (indicative plural present third-person)
apporavo (imperfect indicative singular)
apporave (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
apporava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
apporavamo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
apporavate (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
apporavano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
apporaje (indicative singular)
apporaste (indicative second-person singular)
apporaje (indicative singular third-person)
apporajemo (first-person indicative plural)
apporastevo (indicative plural second-person)
apporajeno (indicative plural third-person)
apporarraggio (future indicative singular)
apporarraje (future indicative second-person singular)
apporarrà (future indicative singular third-person)
apporarrimmo (first-person future indicative plural)
apporarrite (future indicative plural second-person)
apporarranno (future indicative plural third-person)
apporarria (conditional indicative singular)
apporarrisse (conditional indicative second-person singular)
apporarria (conditional indicative singular third-person)
apporarrissemo (conditional first-person indicative plural)
apporarrissevo (conditional indicative plural second-person)
apporarriano (conditional indicative plural third-person)
apporasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
apporasse (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
apporasse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
apporassemo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
apporassevo (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
apporassero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
appora (imperative second-person singular)
appora (imperative singular third-person)
apporammo (first-person imperative plural)
apporate (imperative plural second-person)
apporeno (imperative plural third-person)


commifò

Ultimately from French comme il faut (literally “as must be”). Compare Ligurian, Lombard, Romagnol, Venetian, and Romanesco Italian comifò.


spingula

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *spingula, a cross between Late Latin spīnula and spīcula. Cognate with French épingle.

pin (small device, made of drawn-out steel wire with one end sharpened and the other flattened or rounded into a head, used for fastening)


josu

Alternative form of juso (found in the Ritmo cassinese)


jummenta

Inherited from Latin iūmenta pl. Doublet of jummiento.

female horse, donkey, or other beast of burden


jummiento

Inherited from Latin iūmentum. Doublet of jummienta.


papile

From Vulgar Latin *papīlum, from Latin papȳrus.


da Natale a santo Stefano

Literally, “from Christmas (Day) (December 25) to Saint Stephen('s Day) (December 26)”

lit

S’accatte no veﬅito,
Mo te lo miette: e mo lo truove rutto
Che dura da Natale a Santo Stefano

1634, Giambattista Basile, “Egroga - La vorpara”, in Lo cunto de li cunti [The tale of tales]; republished as Gian Alessio Abbattutis, editor, Il Pentamerone del cavalier Giovan Battista Basile, overo Lo cunto de li cunte - Trattenemiento de li Peccerille, Naples, 1728, page 233:

If you buy a suit, then you put it on; and then you find out it's torn, lasting only for a minute


castariddë

(Apulian) Alternative form of castariello