pizza

→ English: pizza (see there for further descendants)

⇒ Finnish: pizza

⇒ Italian: pizza (see there for further descendants)


sole

Steva chiuvenno, po' è asciuto 'o sole.


aqua

Inherited from Latin aqua. Compare Italian acqua.


vita

Inherited from Latin vīta. Compare Italian vita.


uovo

Inherited from Vulgar Latin (*)ŏvum, from Latin ōvum n.
The irregular plural ova reflects a continuation of the Latin plural with /-a/.


luna

[ˈluːnə ⁓ ˈlownə ⁓ ˈləʉnə]

[ˈluːnə ⁓ ˈlownə ⁓ ˈlʊːnə]


lupo

head

lupo m (plural lupe, feminine singular lopa, feminine plural lope)

lupe (plural)
lopa (feminine singular)
lope (feminine plural)


apa

From Latin apis, apem. Compare Italian ape, Corsican abba.


vino

wine (an alcoholic beverage made by fermenting grape juice, with an ABV ranging from 5.5–16%)


sustantivo

Compare Italian sostantivo, Piedmontese sostantiv.


aco

Inherited from Latin acus. Compare Italian ago.


albergo

Borrowed from Italian albergo or Spanish albergue.


mangiare

magnare (alternative)
mangià (alternative)
magnà (alternative)


cielo

Aragonese: cielo, ciel


core

From Vulgar Latin *corem m, from Latin cor n.

T'alluntane da stu core


notte

Inherited from Latin noctem, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts.


craje

Inherited from Latin crās. Compare the archaic Italian crai. The final schwa in Neapolitan is epenthetic.

crai (alternative)
craj' (alternative)
craie (alternative)
cra' (alternative)


ajere

From a- + Latin herī. Compare Sicilian aieri, Italian ieri.


zuppa

Non hanno da farese le zuppe co lo pretesto de provà si è nzipeto o salato.

1789, Nicola Vottiero, Lo Specchio de la Cevertà o siano schirze morale, aliasse lo Calateo napolitano pe chi vo ridere, e ’mpararese de creianza:

You are not meant to soak bread just to check whether it is salted.


perzeca

From Late Latin persica(m), from the feminine of Latin persicum. Compare Sicilian pèrsica.


gròlia

Borrowed from Italian gloria, itself borrowed from Latin glōria.


quistura

Borrowed from Italian questura, itself borrowed from Latin quaestūra.


purchiacca

purchiacche (plural)
pucchiacca (alternative)

A dubious theory has it descend from Ancient Greek terms πῦρ (pûr) and κοῖλος (koîlos), with an approximate meaning of “fiery hole”. Nevertheless, a more likely etymology lies in Latin portulāca (“purslane”), a plant that was commonly used to mitigate vaginal pain after childbirth.


panza

From Latin pantex, panticem, possibly through the intermediate of another language; cf. Spanish panza. Compare the inherited form pántici.


denucchio

denucchio m (plural denucchie or denocchie)

Inherited from Late Latin genuculum, from Latin geniculum.


guallecchia

the stretched part of the leg of a pair of pants/trousers caused by the wearer's knee


napulitano

napulitano m (plural napulitane, feminine singular napulitana, feminine plural napulitane)

napulitane (plural)
napulitana (feminine singular)
napulitane (feminine plural)


dezziunàrio

Alternative form of dizziunario (“dictionary”)


dizziunario

Borrowed from Italian dizionario, itself borrowed from Renaissance Latin dictiōnārium.

dezziunàrio (alternative)
dezzeiunario (alternative)


calapino

From Ambrogio da Calepio, the compiler of a famous 16th century Latin dictionary.


vorpe

A cane ca se fà viecchio 'a vórpe 'o piscia 'nculo – An aged dog will have his ass pissed on by the fox.


sciòsciule

Perhaps sciuscià ("blow on" hence "dry") + -ule (diminutive noun-forming suffix).


annevierzo

Alternative form of univerzo (“universe”)


ncroja

ancroja (alternative)
ancròia (alternative)
'ncròia (alternative)


vaso

Inherited from Latin bāsium. Compare Italian bacio.


jugo

jughe (plural)
sciuvë (alternative)
juvo (alternative)


monaco

head

monaco m (plural muonace, feminine monaca, feminine plural monache)

muonace (plural)
monaca (feminine)
monache (feminine plural)
moneco (alternative)


americano

americano m (plural americane, feminine singular americana, feminine plural americane)

americane (plural)
americana (feminine singular)
americane (feminine plural)

American (inhabitant or native of Americas or of the United States)


semana

Aragonese: semana


ligno

Inherited from Latin lignum. The irregular plural continues the Latin plural with /-a/.


zoccola

Probably from *sorcula, feminine diminutive form of Latin sōricem, accusative singular of sōrex.


sordo

From Italian soldo, itself from solidus (“gold coin”).


tiempo

nu tiempo ca nun escono manco 'e sierpe

extremely bad weather; weather into which not even snakes would venture

Ma, fra sto tiempo, che jette e venette, passaje da chelle case Nardo Aniello, lo figlio de lo re, che jeva a caccia.

1634, Giambattista Basile, “Jornata seconna - VII [Second day - 7]”, in Lo cunto de li cunti [The tale of tales] (overall work in Neapolitan); republished as Benedetto Croce, editor, Lo cunto de li cunti (Il Pentamerone): Testo conforme alla prima stampa del MDCXXXIV - VI, Naples: V. Vecchi, 1891, page 233:

But during this time, which came and went by, Nardo Aniello, the king's son, passed near those houses, going to a hunt.

lo villanello […] / […] riede, e la speranza ringavagna, / veggendo ’l mondo aver cangiata faccia / in poco d’ora, e prende suo vincastro / e fuor le pecorelle a pascer caccia.

1872 [1310s], Domenico Jaccarino, “Canto vintiquattesemo [Twenty-fourth canto]”, in Il Dante popolare, o La Divina Commedia in dialetto napolitano, 2ⁿᵈ edition, Naples, adaptation of Inferno by Dante Alighieri, pages 107–108:

The peasant […] / […] comes back, and makes a fortune in hope, seeing how the world has a different face, in little time, playing a different key, he already takes out the sheep to graze.

«Spirante, songo state / tutto 'o tiempo appriesso a te, ¶ e quando hai detto ai soldati: / «Avanti, avanti ragazzi… / ancora trenta passi! / Spirante, me si sembrato / proprio 'nu capetano!»

1935, Giulio Camber Barni, “II - Oslavia”, in La buffa (overall work in Italian), Trieste: Stabilimento tipografico mutilati, pages 37–38:

"Aspirer, I've been by your side the whole time; and when you told the soldiers: "Come on, come on, boys!… Thirty more steps!" aspirer, you really looked like a captain to me!"

weather (the short term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, relative humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind, etc)


tiempo

Inherited from Latin tempus, from Proto-Indo-European *tempos (“stretch”), from the root *temp- (“to stretch, string”).

Diuso de aquesti tiempo, Quintilio Vario faziendose subdito de los subiectos con marauellosa soberuia et grant auaricia, de los germanos qui se rebellauan fue destruido con tres legiones. El qual tajamiento et mortaldat de la republica Cesar Agusto la tenia en tanto por mala et grieu, que muchas vegadas por el grant dolor que dende auia, dando con la cabeça a la pared cridaua: "Quintilio Vario riendeme las legiones que yo te di."

ca. 1376–1396, Juan Fernández de Heredia, Ystorias de Orosio

Before this time, Quinctilius Varus, having become a subject of the conquered with marvelous arrogance and great greed, was destroyed by German rebels along with three legions. Augustus took this reduction [in the forces], this mortality of the Republic, so badly and with such grief, that he would often, in great pain, hit his head against a wall shouting, "Quinctilius Varus, give me back my legions!"


nenna

nenna f (plural nenne, masculine singular ninno, masculine plural ninne)

nenne (plural)
ninno (masculine singular)
ninne (masculine plural)

From the feminine of Latin *ninnus. Compare Spanish niña, Sicilian nenna, Italian ninna.


arba

From Vulgar Latin *alba, from the feminine of Latin albus. Compare Sicilian arba, Italian alba.


capa

Teneva nu cappiello janco ncapa.

They were wearing a white hat on their head.

head (the part of the body containing the brain)


cercula

From Latin quercula, a diminutive of quercus.


felece

[ˈfeːlət͡ʃə]


curtiello

curtielle (plural)
cortiello (alternative)

[kuɾˈtiəɫɫɐ]


gelo

Borrowed from Italian gelo, from Latin gelū. The alternative form above represents the native Neapolitan outcome.


mele

From Vulgar Latin *melem m or f, from Latin mel n.


pastiera

From pasta (“pasta, dough”) + -iera (“-er, -or”).


ciuccio

Expressive/imitative origin, or possibly from Spanish chucho (“mutt, bastard”).


fajo

Inherited from Latin fāgeus. Compare Italian faggio.


filosofo

head

filosofo m (plural filosofe or filuosofe)

filosofe (plural)
filuosofe (plural)
feloseco (alternative)


sarcizio

Alternative form of esercizio (“exercise”)


esercizio

In this form, borrowed from Italian esercizio.

sarcizio (alternative)
sarzizzeje (alternative archaic)


crapa

Passa crapa zoppa, se no trova chi la 'ntoppa.

1636, Giambattista Basile, Lo Cunto de li cunti:

The crippled goat passes by those who not how to stop it.


fatica

From Vulgar Latin *fatīga, from Latin fatīgō (“I tire, weary”).


sacco

From Latin saccus, from Ancient Greek σάκκος (sákkos, “sack, bag; sackcloth”), from Semitic.


uerra

From Early Medieval Latin werra, borrowed from Frankish *werru (“confusion; quarrel”).

Sulo 'e muorte véreno 'a fine r"a uerra.


priezza

Derived from Old French preisier (“appraise, evaluate”), from Late Latin pretiāre.

Vicin'ô mare, facimmo ammore, a ccore a ccore pe' nce spassà... Só marenare e tiro 'a rezza, pe' 'a priezza, stongo a murì!

1893, Gennaro Ottaviano, Salvatore Gambardella, 'O Marenariello [The Little Mariner]:

By the sea, we make love, heart to heart to enjoy ourselves... I am a sailor and I pull in the net, I am about to die from happiness!


mellunaro

melon vendor, often specifically a watermelon vendor


debbusciatezza

head

debbusciatezza f (plural 'e ddebbusciatezze)


freoma

Borrowed from Old French fleume, from Latin phlegma.


guaglione

guaglione m (plural guagliune, feminine singular guagliona, feminine plural guaglione)

guagliune (plural)
guagliona (feminine singular)
guaglione (feminine plural)
uaglione (alternative)
uagliù (alternative)
uagliò (alternative)
waglione (alternative)
wagliò (alternative)
walio (alternative)

→ Italian: guaglione

Uncertain. Maybe from Latin gāneōnem (“glutton”), possibly through Occitan gagnon. Compare Italian gagno (“child”).


guaglione

uaglione (alternative)
uagliù (alternative)
uagliò (alternative)
waglione (alternative)
wagliò (alternative)
walio (alternative)

plural of guagliona, feminine plural of guaglione


magnà

Alternative spelling of magnare (“food”)


fessa

Latin fissam, feminine participle of findere. Compare Sicilian fissa.


lucanna

From Latin locanda. Compare Italian locanda.


saciccione

From saciccio (“sausage”) + -one (augmentative suffix).


mulignana

From Arabic بَاذِنْجَان (bāḏinjān) reshaped under the influence of mela (“apple”). (melingian > meligniana > mulignana) Compare Greek μελιτζάνα (melitzána), Sicilian milinciana and Medieval Latin mēlongēna.

der

Arabic بَاذِنْجَان (bāḏinjān)


pede

piede (plural)
pere (alternative)
pete (alternative)


milo

Inherited from Vulgar Latin melus, from Latin mālus.


purpo

head

purpo (plural purpe, feminine porpa, feminine plural porpe)

purpe (plural)
porpa (feminine)
porpe (feminine plural)

Inherited from Latin pōlypus, from Doric Greek πώλυπος (pṓlupos), Doric form of Ancient Greek πολύπους (polúpous).

’O purpo se coce dinte all’acqua soja.


tavuto

From Arabic تَابُوت (tābūt, “box, coffin”).

M'aggio accattato nu tavuto


lopa

lopa f (plural lope, masculine singular lupo, masculine plural lupe)

lope (plural)
lupo (masculine singular)
lupe (masculine plural)


miraculo

Sî nu santu ca nun fa 'e miracule.

You're a saint who performs no miracles.


feloseco

Alternative form of filosofo (“philosopher”)


crestiano

crestiano m (plural crestiane, feminine singular crestiana, feminine plural crestiane)

crestiane (plural)
crestiana (feminine singular)
crestiane (feminine plural)


jonta

an addition, or additional piece (also figuratively)


pandulino

panduline (plural)
mandulino (alternative)


mandulino

manduline (plural)
pandulino (alternative)


sebburtura

Ogge nfiura, dimane nsebburtura.


scramazione

Borrowed from Italian esclamazione. By surface analysis, scramà + -zione.


tempesta

Mo, do vierno, 'e ttempeste/mo, n'aria 'e primmavera...


lazzaro

Borrowed from Spanish lázaro (“poor man, ragged beggar, leper”), from the name of St. Lazarus.


sciato

Inherited from Latin flātus. Compare Italian fiato.

1635, Pentamerone IV.5,
dragone, che […] co lo sciato accede


riggina

Borrowed from Italian regina, itself borrowed from Latin rēgīna.


femmeniello

femmena (“woman”) + -iello (masculine diminutive suffix)

af

Coordinate term: ummenone m

(derogatory, offensive) a male transvestite


scola

From Latin schola (“school”), from Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ).


cavajuolo

head

cavajuolo m (feminine cavajola, masculine plural cavajuole, feminine plural cavajole)

cavajola (feminine)
cavajuole (masculine plural)
cavajole (feminine plural)


pisto

From Late Latin pistus (“crushed”), from the Latin pīnsō (“to crush”).


jastemma

jastemme (plural)
iastemma (alternative)


muzzarella 'e vufera

muzzarella 'e vufera f (plural muzzarelle 'e vufera)


vufera

female equivalent of vufero (“water buffalo”)


vufero

vufero m (plural vufere, feminine singular vufera, feminine plural vufere)

vufere (plural)
vufera (feminine singular)
vufere (feminine plural)


cavuluciore

cavuluciure (plural)
cavulisciore (alternative)


cavulisciore

cavulisciure (plural)
cavuluciore (alternative)


curreja

Inherited from Latin corrigia. Compare Italian correggia.


rancio

Inherited from Latin arāneus. Compare Italian ragno.


babà

rum baba (Neapolitan cake soaked in rum)


forasciuto

Borrowed from Italian fuoriuscito, calqued into Neapolitan as fora (“out”) + asciuto (past participle of ascì "leave").

compound

past participle of <i class="Latn mention" lang="nap">ascì</i> "leave"


nnatta

a flat fior di latte-style goat or cow milk cheese


sferra

From Vulgar Latin *exferra. By surface analysis, sferrà (“to unshoe (a horse); to unshackle (a prisoner)”) + -a. For the semantic development, see Italian sferra.

surf

old rusty knife, especially if without handle

(humorous, in the plural) fake large silver coins


ascella

From Late Latin ascella, from Latin āxilla (“winglet, armpit”).


chiazza

square (an open space between buildings in a city)


marvizzo

From Medieval Latin *malvitius, from Latin malum vitis.


llatte

Nisciuno mmestimiento è meglio r"o mmettere 'o llatte int'ê ccriature - "There is no finer investment for any community than putting milk into babies." - Winston Churchill


gliuommaro

Alternative form of gliuommero (“ball of string or thread”)


gliuommero

gliuommere (plural)
gliuommaro (alternative)


iettatore

head

iettatore m (plural iettature, feminine singular iettatora, feminine plural iettatore)

iettature (plural)
iettatora (feminine singular)
iettatore (feminine plural)

Alternative spelling of jettatore (“jinxer”)


monnezza

From Latin immunditia (“dirt, untidiness”), from immundus (“dirty”), from im- (“without, not”) + mundus (“clean, elegant”). Cognate to Italian immondizia, Sicilian munnizza.


perimma

The mold which grows on ill-preserved food.


quartino

From quarto (“apartment”) + -ino (diminutive ending).


pummarola

An alteration of Italian pomodoro, from pomo d'oro (literally “golden fruit, golden apple”).


fele

From Vulgar Latin *felem m or f, from Latin fel n.


tuppo

From Lombardic toppa (“mountain”); compare English top.

(Irpinia variety) A hilltop or mountaintop: the summit of a mountain or hill.


cumpà

→ English: goombah

→ Spanish: cumpa

From Latin compatrem, accusative of compater, from com- (“together”) + pater (“father”). Cognate to Italian compare, Sicilian cumpari, Spanish compadre.


cummà

From Late Latin commāter, from com- (“together”) + māter (“mother”). Cognate with Catalan and Italian comare, Sicilian cummari, Galician, Spanish, and Portuguese comadre, French commère, Norman conméthe, Romanian cumătră.


capillo

hair of the mass growing on the top of the human head


abbate

From Latin abbātem, accusative form of abbās, from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς (abbâs), from Aramaic אבא (’abbā, “father”).


nepote

head

nepote m (plural nepute, feminine singular nepota, feminine plural nepote)

nepute (plural)
nepota (feminine singular)
nepote (feminine plural)


scuto

scudo (historical coin worth five liras)


muntagna

From Early Medieval Latin montānia, a collective based on Latin montem.

Zampugnare, ca scennite/pure st'anno da 'e mmuntagne

big amount, excess quantity of something


sorece

[ˈsoːrət͡ʃə]


gravone

Tengo 'o core niro comm' 'a lu gravone.


sciaura

From Latin exaugurātus. Compare Italian sciagura (“calamity, disaster”).


ceroggeno

Ultimately derived from Latin cēra (“wax”). Compare French cierge.

Nu ceroggeno 'nnante 'a fjura 'e 'nu santo t'appicciavo ’a matina d’’o lunnedì

Monday morning, I lit a candle before the image of a saint for you.


crastatore

a person who castrates pigs and chickens.


vrasa

Perhaps from Gothic *𐌱𐍂𐌰𐍃𐌰 (*brasa, “glowing coal”), from Proto-Germanic *brasō (“gleed, crackling coal”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰres- (“to crack, break, burst”). Cognate with French braise (“embers”), Italian brace (“embers”).

der

Megl' stà c' 'u cul' 'ncoppa a vrasa cà tenè ù marit' 'ind' 'a casa.

It's better to have your ass over coals than to have a husband in the house.


trastula

Stai attenta Catarenella, ca se me cumbini quacche trastula.

Keep your eyes open Catarenella, he may be organizing some deceit.


marenaro

Pecché, si mm'arricordo ca só' marenaro, te porto 'nfunn'ô mare, 'nziem'a me.

Because, if I remember that I am a sailor, I'll take you down to the bottom of the see with me.


vissina

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *vissīna. Found in northern Calabria and Taranto.


mangià

Alternative spelling of mangiare (“food”)


vermene

Inherited from Proto-Romance *verminem, from Latin vermis.


panaro

basket (a wood container used for fruit)


tauto

From Arabic تَابُوت (tābūt, “box, coffin”).


guagliune

guagliuni (alternative)
uagliuni (alternative)


auciello

[awˈt͡ʃiə̯ɫːɐ]

[aˈt͡ʃi(ə̯)d̪ːə]

Inherited from Late Latin aucellus, ultimately from Latin avis.


guagliuni

guagliune (alternative)
uagliuni (alternative)


trappito

Inherited from Latin trapētus, from Ancient Greek τραπητόν (trapētón), derived from τραπέω (trapéō, “to squeeze”), related to τρέπω (trépō, “to turn (a press)”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *trep- (“to turn”).


scuorno

From Vulgar Latin *excornum. Compare Italian scorno.

tengo scuorno


cuollo

Inherited from Latin collum. Compare Italian collo.


cappiello

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin cappellus.


uosso

From Latin ossum, popular variant of os, ossis, from Proto-Italic *ōs, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁ (“bone”), *h₂óst.


soppigno

attic, garret, loft or mezzanine near the top of the building


cortiello

Alternative spelling of curtiello (“knife”)


vescata

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

1635, Pentamerone IV.5, […] contra le scoppette, archette, valestre, e bescate de li cacciature" (against muskets, bows, crossbows, and hunters' birdlime)


rennena

1783, Biagio Valentino (b. 1688), La Furofece, Tome I, p.188

(please add an English translation of this quotation)


zefierno

1635, Pentamerone IV.5, […] chi è stato lo figlio de lo Zefierno, che v'ave puosto a sti saute" ("What child of the Devil has egged you on to these tricks," Penzer tr.)

1786, La Gierosalemme libberata (Neaplitan tr. of Jerusalem Delivered), Canto IX.15, Protone sbacantaje lo Nfierno, e ffore/ Sgrottaie co li Zefierne lo scorore (for "Grim Pluto emptied hell's abyss, and poured/From gloomy Tartarus his blackest night", Sir John Kingston James tr.)


parula

Alternative spelling of padula (“swamp, marsh”)


austo

From Latin augustus (“month of August”), from the agnomen Augustus (“venerable”) of Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus, possibly from either Old Latin *augos, increase, from Proto-Indo-European base *aug- (“to increase”); or Latin avis (“bird”), referring to divination by observing bird flights, singing, feeding or entrails, from Proto-Indo-European *awi-, bird; + Latin garrire (“to chatter”), from Proto-Indo-European base *gar-/*ger-, to cry, of imitative origin.


canzuncella

From canzone (“song”) + -cella (diminutive ending).


turmiento

Ma nun mme lassá/Nun darme stu turmiento!

But don't leave me/Don't give me this torment!

Ah comme se fa'/a da' 'e turmiente all'anema ca vo' vula!

Ah how is it possible/To give torments to the soul who wants to fly!


malincunia

From Late Latin melancholia. Compare Italian malinconia.


ammore

T'alluntane da stu core/Da sta terra de ll'ammore/tiene 'o core 'e nun turná?

You’re walking away from this heart/From this land of love/Do you have the heart not to return?


guagliona

head

guagliona f (plural guaglione, masculine singular guaglione, masculine plural guagliune)

guaglione (plural)
guaglione (masculine singular)
guagliune (masculine plural)
uagliona (alternative)


gennere

Borrowed from Italian genere, itself borrowed from Latin generis.


piccerillo

piccerillo m (plural piccerille, feminine singular piccerella, feminine plural piccerelle)

piccerille (plural)
piccerella (feminine singular)
piccerelle (feminine plural)

[pit͡ʃːəˈɾilːə]

Uncertain. Maybe from the same root of Vulgar Latin *pittus. Cognate to Sicilian picciriḍḍu (see there for further information) and Lombard piscinin.


arvulo

From Latin arbor, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃erdʰ- (“high, to grow”).


sciore

(also figurative) flower, bloom, blossom


evera

From Inherited from Latin herba, with metathesis. Compare Italian erba.


uosemo

Deverbal from osemare (“to sniff, smell”).

deverbal

irsene a uosemo

tené uosemo


scetavajasse

Literally “maid-waker”: from sceta (“wake up”, imperative of scetà) + vajasse (“maids, female servants”, plural of vajassa).

affix

imperative of <i class="Latn mention" lang="nap">scetà</i>

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

(music) scetavajasse (Neapolitan percussion instrument)


chianiello

Alteration of chianiella, with substitution of masculine suffix + -iello.


scigna

From Latin sīmiam. Cognate with Italian scimmia.


rapillo

From Latin lapillum, with dissimilation of initial consonant.


mbriacone

From mbriaco (“drunk”) + -one (noun-forming suffix). Cognate with Sicilian mmriacu/mmriacuni.


'mmiria

Alternative spelling of 'mmìdia (“jealousy”)


'mmìdia

Borrowed from Italian invidia, itself borrowed from Latin invidia.


ngiarmo

Alternative spelling of nciarmo (“charm”)


'nnìzio

Borrowed from Italian indizio, itself borrowed from Latin indicium.


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

ammennule (plural)
ammennola (alternative)

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


carcioffola

carcioffole (plural)
carcioffula (alternative)


scompetura

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


semmana

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


jettatore

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

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

→ Italian: iettatore

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


rotunno

Alternative spelling of rutunno (“picarel”)


pastenaca

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


petrosino

petrosine (plural)
petrusino (alternative)
petrosina (alternative)

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

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πετροσέλινον


vasinicola

vasinicole (plural)
vasenecola (alternative)
vasenicola (alternative)

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


abbafaogno

From a + Latin favōnius. See also Italian favonio.


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


ummenone

ummenune (plural)
ummenóne (alternative)

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

af

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

Coordinate term: femmeniello


sfaccimma

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


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.


appocundria

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

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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, “Appocundria”, in Nero a metà:


ammó

amó (alternative)
ammò (alternative alternative colloquial)
amò (alternative alternative colloquial)

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)
trmon (alternative)
tremon (alternative)
trmoun (alternative)
trmaun (alternative)
tremone (alternative)

[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


bemmenuto

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

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

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


scupillo

scupille (plural)
scopillo (alternative)

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

scupiglie (plural)
scopiglia (alternative)

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


fafodda

From fafa + -olla, possibly of Lucanian origin.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:fafodda.


castariello

castarielle (plural)
cestariello (alternative)
cistariello (alternative)
crestariello (alternative)
castariddë (alternative)
crëstariddë (alternative)

[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”).


cuorio

[ˈkuːə̆jərə]


vierno

From Late Latin hībernum. Attested since the 13th century.


miedeco

miedece (plural)
miedeche (plural)
miereco (alternative)

[ˈmiːə̆dəkə]


dumeneca

dumeneche (plural)
dummeneca (alternative)
dommeneca (alternative)

[ɾʊˈmeːnəkă]

[dəˈmɛːnəkə]

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


fecato

Inherited from Latin ficatum. Compare Italian fegato.


vuosco

vuosche (plural)
vosco (alternative)
bosco (alternative)

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin boscus, borrowed from Frankish *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz.


medullo

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


vraccio

vracce (plural)
vraccia (plural)
vrazzo (alternative)

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.


jodece

[ˈjoːrət͡ʃə]

Inherited from Latin iūdicem.
More information
|The expected outcome of the stressed vowel would have been /u/. The shift to /o/ resulted from a sort of reverse-metaphony, whereby the plural judece was taken as implying a singular with /o/, on the pattern of nouns of metaphonic alternations such as ammore (“love”) ⇔ ammure (“loves”). This had the effect of introducing a singular-plural distinction: judece sg or pl → jodece sg, judece pl.


maneco

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


prevete

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


fungio

funge (plural)
funcio (alternative)
fugno (alternative)
fogno (alternative)

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)


sciummo

creek, stream: a little non-perennial river


univerzo

univerze (plural)
annevierzo (alternative)
uneverzo (alternative)


merullo

Alternative spelling of medullo (“bone marrow”)


padula

padule (plural)
padule (alternative archaic)
parula (alternative)

Inherited from Late Latin padūlem, from Latin palūdem.


cufenaturo

cufenature (plural)
cufanaturo (alternative)

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

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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!


ammennola

Alternative spelling of ammennula (“almond”)


iastemma

Alternative spelling of jastemma (“curse, insult”)


iodece

Alternative spelling of jodece (“judge”)


petaccia

petaccie (plural)
petaccio (alternative)

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


apeto

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


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)


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.


castariddë

(Apulian) Alternative form of castariello