Neapolitan edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Latin cultellus.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Naples) IPA(key): [kuɾˈtiəɫɫɐ]
  • (Central Apulia) IPA(key): [kuɾˈti(ə)ddə], [k(w)əɾˈti(ə)ddə]
  • (Eastern Abruzzo) IPA(key): [kuɾˈtɛɫɫə]
  • Rhymes: -jellə

Noun edit

curtiello m (plural curtielle)

  1. knife
  2. palette knife

References edit

  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 979: “togli i coltello!” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
  • Giacco, Giuseppe (2003) “curtiello”, in Schedario Napoletano