kartufula

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• gartufela

Etymology

From Italian tartufolo, a diminutive of tartufo (“truffle”), from Medieval Latin *territūberum, from Latin terrae tūber (“tuber of the earth”).

Noun

kartufula f

1. (Timau) potato

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien