See also: jastemma

Neapolitan

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin *blastemāre, from Latin blasphemāre.

Pronunciation

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  • (Naples) IPA(key): [jastəmˈma]
  • (Gargano) IPA(key): [ɣastəˈma]

Verb

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jastemmare

  1. curse
  2. insult

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 810: “bestemmiare” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
  • Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “jastemmare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano