Neapolitan edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *tundus, from Latin rotundus.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Naples) IPA(key): [ˈtunnə], (feminine) [ˈtonnə]
  • (Castelmezzano) IPA(key): [ˈtunnə] (masculine/feminine)

Adjective edit

tunno (feminine singular tonna, masculine plural tunne, feminine plural tonne)

  1. round

References edit

  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1581: “rotondo; rotonda; rotondi” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
  • Giacco, Giuseppe (2003) “tunno”, in Schedario Napoletano