tunno

Neapolitan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *tundus, from Latin rotundus.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

1. round

References

• 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