ammennula

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

• ammennola (alt. spelling)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin amygdalum (via the plural form with /-a/). Compare Italian mandorla.

Pronunciation

• (Naples) IPA^(key): [amˈmɛnnələ]

Noun

ammennula f (plural ammennule)

1. almond

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1284: “la mandorla” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• Giacco, Giuseppe (2003) “ammènnula”, in Schedario Napoletano