tuosto

Neapolitan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin tostus (“dried up, parched”).

Pronunciation

  • (Naples) IPA(key): [ˈtwost(ə)]

Adjective

tuosto (feminine singular tosta, masculine plural tuoste, feminine plural toste)

  1. hard

References

  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1582: “duro; dura; duri” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
  • Giacco, Giuseppe (2003) “tuosto”, in Schedario Napoletano
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