ammantecare

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Naples) IPA(key): [ammantəˈka]

Verb

ammantecare

  1. to make cream or butter from milk

Derived terms

References

  • Riccio, Giovanna (2005) Ispanismi nel dialetto napoletano, Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 127[1]
  • Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “ammantecare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano‎[2]
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