stompagnare

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

• stumpagnare, stompagnà, stumpagnà (alt. spellings)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Naples) IPA^(key): [stumpaɲˈɲa]

Verb

stompagnare

1. to break or smash (a barrel, bottle, etc.)
2. to bludgeon or crush (someone's bones with a club, etc.)
   • 1635, Pentamerone IV.5,^[1]

     dragone, che […] co la capo stompagna" (dragon that […] smashes with his head)

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. to knock the bottom out (of a barrel, etc.)

References

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