jettare

See also: Jetta

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

• jettà, iettà (alt. spellings)

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin iectāre, from Latin iactāre.

Verb

jettare

1. to throw, hurl

   Synonyms: allanzare, derrpare, menare, vottare

2. to vomit

   Synonyms: jire pe' ccoppa, reverzare, vommecare

Derived terms

• jettatore
• jettatura

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1674: “butta via queste pietre!” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “jettare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano