sonnare

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Naples) IPA(key): [sunˈna]

Verb

sonnare

  1. to dream (of)

References

  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 652: “senza sognare” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
  • Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “sonnare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano‎[1]
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