curtiello

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

• cortiello (alt. spelling)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cultellus.

Pronunciation

• (Naples) IPA^(key): [kuɾˈtiəɫɫɐ]
• (Central Apulia) IPA^(key): [kuɾˈti(ə)ddə], [k(w)əɾˈti(ə)ddə]
• (Eastern Abruzzo) IPA^(key): [kuɾˈtɛɫɫə]
• Rhymes: -jellə

Noun

curtiello m (plural curtielle)

1. knife
2. palette knife

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 979: “togli i coltello!” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• Giacco, Giuseppe (2003) “curtiello”, in Schedario Napoletano