scarfare

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

scalfare (archaic)
scarfà (alt. spelling)

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *excalfāre.

Pronunciation

(Naples) IPA^(key): [ʃkarˈfa]

Verb

scarfare

to heat up
to reheat

References

AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 937: “riscaldare la stanza” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “scarfare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano

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