vottare

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

vuttare, vottà, vuttà (alt. spellings)

Etymology

Perhaps akin to Italian buttare.

Pronunciation

(Naples) IPA^(key): [vutˈta]

Verb

vottare

to push, shove
to strike

References

AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1648: “spingetelo via!” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “vottare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano

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