cacagliare

cacaglià (infinitive)
cacaglianno (gerund)
cacagliante (participle present)
cacagliato (participle past)
cacaglio (indicative present singular)
cacaglie (indicative present second-person singular)
cacaglia (indicative present singular third-person)
cacagliammo (first-person indicative plural present)
cacagliate (indicative plural present second-person)
cacagliano (indicative plural present third-person)
cacagliavo (imperfect indicative singular)
cacagliave (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
cacagliava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
cacagliavamo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
cacagliavate (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
cacagliavano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
cacagliaje (indicative singular)
cacagliaste (indicative second-person singular)
cacagliaje (indicative singular third-person)
cacagliajemo (first-person indicative plural)
cacagliastevo (indicative plural second-person)
cacagliajeno (indicative plural third-person)
cacagliarraggio (future indicative singular)
cacagliarraje (future indicative second-person singular)
cacagliarrà (future indicative singular third-person)
cacagliarrimmo (first-person future indicative plural)
cacagliarrite (future indicative plural second-person)
cacagliarranno (future indicative plural third-person)
cacagliarria (conditional indicative singular)
cacagliarrisse (conditional indicative second-person singular)
cacagliarria (conditional indicative singular third-person)
cacagliarrissemo (conditional first-person indicative plural)
cacagliarrissevo (conditional indicative plural second-person)
cacagliarriano (conditional indicative plural third-person)
cacagliasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
cacagliasse (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
cacagliasse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
cacagliassemo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
cacagliassevo (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
cacagliassero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
cacaglia (imperative second-person singular)
cacaglia (imperative singular third-person)
cacagliammo (first-person imperative plural)
cacagliate (imperative plural second-person)
cacaglieno (imperative plural third-person)
cacaglià (alternative)


gruosso

nap-adj

gruosso (feminine singular grossa, masculine plural gruosse, feminine plural grosse)

grossa (feminine singular)
gruosse (masculine plural)
grosse (feminine plural)


panaro

basket (a wood container used for fruit)


tauto

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


guagliune

guagliuni (alternative)
uagliuni (alternative)


coccare

corcare (alternative)
coccà (alternative)
cuccà (alternative)
corcà (alternative)
curcà (alternative)

Matrigna: Pripara lu lietto e fallo cuccà co 'mbamberambì e 'o 'mbamberambà!
Cenerentola: Oi mamma s'è cuccato!
Coro: Bim bom bà!

Stepmother: Make the bed and make him lie down with the [jibberish]!
Cindrella: Hey mother, he lay down!
Chorus: Bim bom bà!

(intransitive and reflexive) to lie down, go to bed


auciello

[awˈt͡ʃiə̯ɫːɐ]

[aˈt͡ʃi(ə̯)d̪ːə]

Inherited from Late Latin aucellus, ultimately from Latin avis.


guagliuni

guagliune (alternative)
uagliuni (alternative)


ô veramente

Blend of the two synonymous ô vero and veramente.

Brancaleone: Anderai in uno paradiso speciale […] dove tutti l'omini che furono altissimi vi doventano nani.
Cippa: Ô veramente?

1970, Brancaleone alle crociate (in Italian):

Brancaleone: You will go to a special heaven […] where all the men that used to be tall become midgets.
Cippa: Really?


addivinare

Akin to, and possibly borrowed from, Spanish adivinar.


addimannà

Alternative form of demannare (“to ask”)


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


alloccare

alluccare (alternative)
alloccà (alternative)
alluccà (alternative)


cuollo

Inherited from Latin collum. Compare Italian collo.


fermà

Alternative spelling of fermare (“to stop”)


avé a

Alternative spelling of avere a (“to have to”)


appennere

(transitive) to hang (something on something else or execute by hanging)


vottà

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


vollere

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *bullĕre, from Latin bullīre.


carriare

By surface analysis, carro + -iare. Compare Italian carreggiare.


cappiello

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin cappellus.


abbastare

Alternative form of vastare (prefixed with a-)


truvà

Alternative spelling of trovare (“to find, search for”)


uosso

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


nce

Uncertain. Perhaps from Latin hince or hīce, variants of hinc (“from here”) and hīc (“here”). See the entry for Italian ci for more.

ce (alternative)
-nce (alternative enclitic)
ncè (alternative archaic)

Si nce lassano parlà

Nce vulimmo bene

(reflexive pronoun) ourselves; each other

Nun nce l'haje data?

You haven't given it to us/him/her/them?


nce

L'ùrdemo ca nce trasette

Nce truvaje a pàteto


Ischia

Ischia (an island and volcano in the Bay of Naples, west of Naples in the Tyrrhenian Sea)

Ischia (a town and comune on the island of Ischia, in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, Italy)


Surriento

From Latin Surrentum, of uncertain origin.

Sorrento (a town in the province of Naples, Italy)


durmì

Alternative spelling of dormire (“to sleep”)


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)


deslenzare

1635, Pentamerone IV.5, […] dragone; che со le granfe deslenza" (dragon, that tears with his claws)


stompagnare

stumpagnare (alternative)
stompagnà (alternative)
stumpagnà (alternative)

to break or smash (a barrel, bottle, etc.)

1635, Pentamerone IV.5, dragone, che […] co la capo stompagna" (dragon that […] smashes with his head)

to bludgeon or crush (someone's bones with a club, etc.)

to knock the bottom out (of a barrel, etc.)


spetacciare

From s- (“apart”) + petaccia (“rag, shreg”) + -are (verb-forming suffix).

af

La sajetta […] dove arriva, scarrupa, e llà spetaccia.

The lightning bolt […] where it goes, it destroys, and there it tears.


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).


nisciuno

From Latin nē ipse ūnus (literally “not one himself, not even one”). Compare Italian nessuno, Friulian nissun, Ligurian nisciǜn, Old French neisun; cf. also Romanian niciun, Spanish ninguno.

inh

(singular only, in negative sentences) no, any


nisciuno

(masculine singular only) no one, nobody


juso

Inherited from Late Latin iūsum~iōsum, from Latin deorsum.


muorto

nap-adj

muorto (feminine singular morta, masculine plural muorte, feminine plural morte)

morta (feminine singular)
muorte (masculine plural)
morte (feminine plural)


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?


mieje

head

mìeje m pl (first person singular possessive)


tuoje

tuoje m pl (second-person singular possessive)


tujo

nap-adj

tujo (feminine singular toja, masculine plural tuje, feminine plural toje)

toja (feminine singular)
tuje (masculine plural)
toje (feminine plural)


nuoste

head

nuoste m pl (first-person plural possessive)


nuosto

nap-adj

nuosto (feminine singular nosta, masculine plural nuoste, feminine plural noste)

nosta (feminine singular)
nuoste (masculine plural)
noste (feminine plural)


vuoste

head

vuoste m pl (second-person plural possessive)


vuosto

nap-adj

vuosto (feminine singular vosta, masculine plural vuoste, feminine plural voste)

vosta (feminine singular)
vuoste (masculine plural)
voste (feminine plural)


guagliona

head

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

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


femmenile

Latin fēminīnus, with change of suffix (cfr. Italian femminile). Equivalent to femmena (“woman”) + -ile.


avè

Alternative spelling of avere (“to have”)


gennere

Borrowed from Italian genere, itself borrowed from Latin generis.


fenire

fenì (infinitive)
fenenno (gerund)
fenente (participle present)
fenuto (participle past)
fenesco (indicative present singular)
fenisce (indicative present second-person singular)
fenesce (indicative present singular third-person)
fenimmo (first-person indicative plural present)
fenite (indicative plural present second-person)
fenesceno (indicative plural present third-person)
fenevo (imperfect indicative singular)
fenive (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
feneva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
fenevamo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
feniveve (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
fenevano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
fenette (indicative singular)
feniste (indicative second-person singular)
fenette (indicative singular third-person)
fenettemo (first-person indicative plural)
fenisteve (indicative plural second-person)
fenetteno (indicative plural third-person)
fenettero (indicative plural third-person)
fenarraggio (future indicative singular)
fenarraje (future indicative second-person singular)
fenarrà (future indicative singular third-person)
fenarrimmo (first-person future indicative plural)
fenarrite (future indicative plural second-person)
fenarranno (future indicative plural third-person)
fenarria (conditional indicative singular)
fenarrisse (conditional indicative second-person singular)
fenarria (conditional indicative singular third-person)
fenarrissemo (conditional first-person indicative plural)
fenarrissevo (conditional indicative plural second-person)
fenarriano (conditional indicative plural third-person)
fenesse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
fenisse (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
fenesse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
fenessemo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
fenisseve (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
fenesseno (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
fene (imperative second-person singular)
fene (imperative singular third-person)
feniamo (first-person imperative plural)
fenite (imperative plural second-person)
feniano (imperative plural third-person)
fernire (alternative)
finire (alternative)
fenì (alternative)
fernì (alternative)
finì (alternative)


luongo

nap-adj

luongo (feminine singular longa, masculine plural luonghe, feminine plural longhe)

longa (feminine singular)
luonghe (masculine plural)
longhe (feminine plural)


suggetto

'E sustantive 'e gennere maschile songo suggiette a l'"umlaut".

The nouns of gender masculine are subject to umlaut.


stratto

stratto (feminine singular stratta, plural stratte)

stratta (feminine singular)
stratte (plural)


famuso

famuso (feminine singular famosa, masculine plural famuse, feminine plural famose)

famosa (feminine singular)
famuse (masculine plural)
famose (feminine plural)


mpurtante

'e ccose cchiú mportante


ammoinare

ammojenare (alternative)
ammuinare (alternative)
ammoinà (alternative)
ammuinà (alternative)


ausare

Alternative form of usare (“to use”) (affixed with a-)


urdinare

Alternative spelling of ordenare (“to order”)


dimane

From Late Latin dē māne. Compare Italian domani and the archaic form dimane.


Peppiniello

a diminutive of the male given name Giuseppe


stutare

Alternative spelling of stotare (“to extinguish”)


piccerillo

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

piccerella (feminine singular)
piccerille (masculine plural)
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.


piccerillo

head

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

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

[pit͡ʃːəˈɾilːə]


strinto

nap-adj

strinto (feminine singular strenta, masculine plural strinte, feminine plural strente)

strenta (feminine singular)
strinte (masculine plural)
strente (feminine plural)

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *strinctus, from Latin strictus.


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.


osemare

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *osmāre. Compare Old Spanish osmar (modern husmear).


uosemo

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

deverbal

irsene a uosemo

tené uosemo


sceregare

Borrowed from an Old French derivative, meaning "to clean" or similar, of Ancient Greek καθαρός (katharós, “pure”).

der

scereare (alternative)
sceriare (alternative)
sceregà (alternative)
scereà (alternative)
scerià (alternative)


priato

nap-adj

priato (feminine singular priata, plural priate)

priata (feminine singular)
priate (plural)
priàto (alternative)


vide Napule e po' muore

Literally “see Naples and then die”. Compare Italian vedi Napoli e poi muori.
Though of unknown origin and authorship, it is likely to have been coined in the city itself when the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (of which Naples was the capital) was at its golden age, that is, during the kingdom of Bourbons.

see Naples and die
see Naples and die#English

see Naples and die (nothing compares to the beauty of Naples, so you can die after you've seen it)

House of Bourbon
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies


Napule

From Latin Neāpolis, from Ancient Greek Νεᾱ́πολῐς (Neā́polĭs), from νέᾱ (néā, “new”) + πόλῐς (pólĭs, “city”).


Sciorenza

[ɕoˈɾɛnd͡zɐ]

Inherited from Latin Flōrentia. Compare Old Italian Fiorenza, whence modern Firenze, and Sicilian Ciurenza.

Florence (a province and city in Tuscany, Italy)


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)


Jaso

Inherited from Latin Blasius. Compare Italian Biagio.

a male given name, equivalent to English Blaise or French Blaise


sfracassare

1635, Pentamerone IV.5, no dragone, che […] co la coda sfracassa (a dragon, which […] smashes with its tail)


surà

Alternative spelling of sodare (“to sweat”)


chianiello

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


scigna

From Latin sīmiam. Cognate with Italian scimmia.


ntofato

nap-adj

ntofato (feminine singular ntofata, plural ntofate)

ntofata (feminine singular)
ntofate (plural)
ntufato (alternative)

puffed up, swollen (with pride, anger etc)


ntofato

past participle of ntofare (“to swell, inflate”)


ntofare

Ultimately from Latin in- + tōfus ("tuff", a porous rock that swells easily with water).

ntufare (alternative)
ntofà (alternative)
ntufà (alternative)


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.


Proceta

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

Procida (an island and municipality of Italy)


jettatore

head

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”)


vabbuò

Apocopic form of va buono; compare Italian vabbè.

Vabbuò, ja', trase.


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”).

der

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”).


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”)


abbafaogno

nap-adj

abbafaogno (feminine singular abbafaogna, plural abbafaogne)

abbafaogna (feminine singular)
abbafaogne (plural)

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


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

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


ô vero

ma ô vero faje?


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”).

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

nustersu (alternative)
nustiersu (alternative)
nnustierzu (alternative)
nnustersu (alternative)
lustierzu (alternative)

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”). COgnate with Sicilian jintra.


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, “Appocundria”, in Nero a metà:


ammó

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

Ammó! Vien' ccà!


trimone

head

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


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, Venetan benvegnuo, Catalan benvingut.


bemmenuto

head

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

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.


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

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”).


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.

addove (alternative)
addó (alternative)
aro (alternative)
aró (alternative)
arò (alternative)


cuorio

[ˈkuːə̆jərə]


pavoruso

nap-adj

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

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

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.

crepantà (alternative)
cripintare (alternative)
scrapentare (alternative)


vierno

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


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”).


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.


vommecare

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *vomicāre, from Latin vomitāre.

vummecare (alternative)
vommecà (alternative)
vummecà (alternative)


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.


junno

nap-adj

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

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


jelà

Alternative spelling of jelare (“to freeze”)


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.


verè

Alternative spelling of vedere (“to see”)


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

head

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

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


sciummo

creek, stream: a little non-perennial river


carè

Alternative spelling of cadere (“to fall”)


tenè

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


miereco

Alternative spelling of miedeco (“doctor”)


pecchè

Alternative spelling of pecché (“because”)


univerzo

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


merullo

Alternative spelling of medullo (“bone marrow”)


subbeto

Alternative spelling of subbito (“immediately”)


padula

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

Inherited from Late Latin padūlem, from Latin palūdem.


scurcià

Alternative spelling of scorciare (“to shorten”)


ammantecare

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


cufenaturo

cufenature (plural)
cufanaturo (alternative)

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”)


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)
abbannunare (alternative)
abbannonà (alternative)
abbanunà (alternative)

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


vattere

Inherited from Late Latin battere, from Classical Latin battuere.


muollo

nap-adj

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.


tunno

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.


repubbrecano

repubbrecano (feminine singular repubbrecana, plural repubbrecane)

repubbrecana (feminine singular)
repubbrecane (plural)
reprubbecano (alternative)


nfocare

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

surf

nfucare (alternative)
nfocà (alternative)
nfucà (alternative)


ammennola

Alternative spelling of ammennula (“almond”)


iastemma

Alternative spelling of jastemma (“curse, insult”)


iodece

Alternative spelling of jodece (“judge”)


iastemmà

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


iucà

Alternative spelling of jocare (“to play”)


abbelenare

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *advenēnāre, from Latin venēnāre.

abbenenare (alternative)
abbelenà (alternative)
abbenenà (alternative)


nchiurere

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


chiurere

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


mparare

mparà (alternative)
mbarare (alternative)
mbarà (alternative)

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

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


vutà

Alternative spelling of votare (“to turn”)


ielà

Alternative spelling of jelare (“to freeze”)


lejere

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


leiere

Alternative spelling of lejere (“to read”)


mmetare

mmitare (alternative)
mmetà (alternative)
mmità (alternative)


jelare

ghielare (alternative)
jelà (alternative)
ielà (alternative)
ghielà (alternative)


jettà

Alternative spelling of jettare (“to throw”)


judecà

Alternative spelling of jodecare (“to judge”)


vummecà

Alternative spelling of vommecare (“to vomit”)


mmità

Alternative spelling of mmitare (“to invite”)


mmetà

Alternative spelling of mmetare (“to invite”)


mustà

Alternative spelling of mostare (“to show”)


sciarmà

Alternative spelling of sciarmare (“to disarm”)


puté

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


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”)


pegliare

pigliare (alternative)
peglià (alternative)
piglià (alternative)


peglià

Alternative spelling of pegliare (“to take”)


zecchejà

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


zeccheà

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


zecchià

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


zecchejare

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


zennà

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


zumpà

Alternative spelling of zompare (“to jump”)


vottare

vuttare (alternative)
vottà (alternative)
vuttà (alternative)


vuttare

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


volè

Alternative spelling of volere (“to want”)


vummecare

Alternative spelling of vommecare (“to vomit”)


osemà

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


tuppetià

Alternative spelling of toppetiare (“to knock”)


trasire

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


trasì

Alternative spelling of trasire (“to enter”)


stotare

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

stutare (alternative)
stotà (alternative)
stutà (alternative)

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


stotà

Alternative spelling of stotare (“to extinguish”)


scarfà

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


sonnare

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

surf

sunnare (alternative)
sonnà (alternative)
sunnà (alternative)


sunà

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


spartere

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

spartire (alternative)
sparte (alternative)
spartì (alternative)


sonnà

Alternative spelling of sonnare (“to dream”)


petaccia

petaccie (plural)
petaccio (alternative)

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


sescare

siscare (alternative)
sescà (alternative)
siscà (alternative)

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

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


siscare

Alternative form of sescare (“to whistle”)


sescà

Alternative spelling of sescare (“to whistle”)


sfracassà

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


addurmì

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


sciosciare

Inherited from Latin sufflāre.
More information
Initial /ʃ/, for etymologically-expected /s/, presumably reflects assimilation to the following /ʃ(ʃ)/, which represents the regular outcome of Latin /fl/ in Neapolitan proper. (Cf. sciore < Latin flōrem.) Sound-symbolism may also have played a role.
 Cognate with Sicilian susciari.

sciusciare (alternative)
scioscià (alternative)
sciuscià (alternative)


scrammare

scramare (alternative)
scrammà (alternative)
scramà (alternative)


scrammà

Alternative spelling of scrammare (“to exclaim”)


scramare

Alternative form of scrammare (“to exclaim”)


selluzzà

Alternative spelling of sellozzare (“to hiccough”)


scorcià

Alternative spelling of scorciare (“to shorten”)


revutà

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


reverzà

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


ordinà

Alternative spelling of ordenare (“to order”)


mostà

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)


mbarare

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


abbenenare

Alternative form of abbelenare (“to poison”)


abbelenà

Alternative spelling of abbelenare (“to poison”)


abbenenà

Alternative spelling of abbenenare (“to poison”)


jodecà

Alternative spelling of jodecare (“to judge”)


jocà

Alternative spelling of jocare (“to play”)


lovare

Alternative form of levare (“to remove”)


lovà

Alternative spelling of lovare (“to remove”)


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)
ghire (alternative)
ire (alternative)
jì (alternative)
jí (alternative)
ji (alternative)
ghì (alternative)
ì (alternative)
i (alternative)

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


ghielare

Alternative form of jelare (“to freeze”)


ghielà

Alternative spelling of ghielare (“to freeze”)


durmire

Alternative spelling of dormire (“to sleep”)


ngiarmare

Alternative spelling of nciarmare (“to enchant”)


-iare

-eare (alternative)
-ejare (alternative)


abbannonà

Alternative spelling of abbannonare (“to abandon”)


boscare

Borrowed from Spanish buscar. Compare Italian buscare.

abboscare (alternative)
buscare (alternative)
boscà (alternative)
buscà (alternative)
abbuscare (alternative)
abboscà (alternative)
abbuscà (alternative)

(by extension) to get the worst of it


abboscare

Alternative form of boscare (prefixed with a-)


apeto

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


addommenare

Alternative form of dommenare (prefixed with a-)


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)
ammà (alternative)


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)
appurare (alternative)
apporà (alternative)
appurà (alternative)


apporà

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


arrojenare

Alternative form of arroinare (“to ruin”)


commifò

Ultimately from French comme il faut (literally “as must be”). Compare Ligurian, Lombard, Romagnol, Venetan, 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] (overall work in Neapolitan); 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