ntofare

Neapolitan edit

Alternative forms edit

ntufare, ntofà, ntufà (alt. spellings)

Etymology edit

Ultimately from Latin in- + tōfus ("tuff", a porous rock that swells easily with water).

Pronunciation edit

(Naples) IPA^(key): [ntuˈfa]

Verb edit

ntofare

to swell
to inflate

Derived terms edit

ntofato

References edit

Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “ntofare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano

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