vattere

Neapolitan

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin battere, from Classical Latin battuere.

Pronunciation

• (Naples) IPA^(key): [ˈvattərə]
• (numerous dialects) IPA^(key): [ˈvattə]

Verb

vattere

1. beat

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 729: “castigare un ragazzo” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “vattere”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano