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Neapolitan
Etymology
From a- + manteca (“cream, butter”) + -are (verb-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
Verb
ammantecare
- to make cream or butter from milk
Derived terms
References
- Riccio, Giovanna (2005) Ispanismi nel dialetto napoletano, Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 127
- Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “ammantecare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano