ntofare

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

• ntufare, ntofà, ntufà (alt. spellings)

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin in- + tōfus ("tuff", a porous rock that swells easily with water).

Pronunciation

• (Naples) IPA^(key): [ntuˈfa]

Verb

ntofare

1. to swell
2. to inflate

Derived terms

• ntofato

References

• Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “ntofare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano