menì

See also: Appendix:Variations of "meni"

Neapolitan

Etymology

Possibly from a Osco-Umbrian substrate form attested as Umbrian 𐌌𐌄𐌍𐌄𐌔 (menes).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [məˈni]

Verb

menì

1. (chiefly Apulia) Alternative form of venire (“to come, arrive”)

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1701: “bere; venire; avere; essere” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it