tuosto

Neapolitan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin tostus (“dried up, parched”).

Pronunciation

• (Naples) IPA^(key): [ˈtwost(ə)]

Adjective

tuosto (feminine singular tosta, masculine plural tuoste, feminine plural toste)

1. hard

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1582: “duro; dura; duri” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• Giacco, Giuseppe (2003) “tuosto”, in Schedario Napoletano