ammontonare
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Presumably borrowed from Spanish amontonar. By surface analysis, a- + montone (“heap”) + -are.
Verb edit
ammontonàre (first-person singular present ammontóno, first-person singular past historic ammontonài, past participle ammontonàto, auxiliary avére)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of ammontonàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Related terms edit
Neapolitan edit
Alternative forms edit
- ammuntunà (alt. spelling)
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish amontonar. By surface analysis, a- + montone + -are. Compare also Sicilian ammuntunari, Italian ammontonare.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
ammontonare
- to accumulate
- to hoard
References edit
- Riccio, Giovanna (2005) Ispanismi nel dialetto napoletano, Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 137[1]
- Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “ammontonare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano