tozzoliare
Neapolitan
Alternative forms
- tuzzulià (alt. spelling)
Etymology
From tozzolare + -iare.
Pronunciation
- (Naples) IPA(key): [tutt͡səˈlja]
Verb
tozzoliare
- to knock
- Synonyms: bussare, toppetiare
References
- AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1625: “ascolta! picchiano” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
- Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “tozzoliare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano[1]