vottare

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

• vuttare, vottà, vuttà (alt. spellings)

Etymology

Perhaps akin to Italian buttare.

Pronunciation

• (Naples) IPA^(key): [vutˈta]

Verb

vottare

1. to push, shove
2. to strike

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1648: “spingetelo via!” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “vottare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano