putàna
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Emilian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Possibly from Vulgar Latin *puttāna, from Latin puta (“girl”),[1] but more likely a borrowing from Old Occitan putana, cf. Old French putaine, French putain, Sicilian buttana.[2][3] Latin putta (“prostitute”) is attested in the sixth century (Gregory of Tours). The change of meaning from "girl" to "prostitute" is due to euphemism, a process that is well known to other periods and languages.[4]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: pu‧tà‧na
Noun[edit]
putàna f (plural putàni) (Modena)
- (derogatory, vulgar slang) whore, slut, hooker, tart (British)
- (as an insult) bitch
- trollop, strumpet, whore, streetwalker
Synonyms[edit]
- luśla (Modenese)
- scaja (Modenese)
- rója (Modenese)
- nimàla (Modenese)
- sòcla (Modenese)
- vaca (Modenese)
- scarciàna (Modenese)
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “puttana”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati
- ^ puttana in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
- ^ http://atilf.atilf.fr/dendien/scripts/tlfiv5/advanced.exe?8;s=250681320;
- ^ “puttana” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN
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- Emilian terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
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- Emilian terms derived from Latin
- Emilian terms borrowed from Old Occitan
- Emilian terms derived from Old Occitan
- Emilian lemmas
- Emilian nouns
- Emilian feminine nouns
- Modenese Emilian
- Emilian derogatory terms
- Emilian vulgarities
- Emilian slang