scetare

See also: scéta

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

• scetà (alt. spelling)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin excitāre.

Pronunciation

• (Naples) IPA^(key): [ʃəˈta]

Verb

scetare

1. (transitive) to wake up

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 656: “svegliarsi; si sveglia” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “scetare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano