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Italian
Etymology
Presumably borrowed from Spanish amontonar. By surface analysis, a- + montone (“heap”) + -are.
Verb
ammontonàre (first-person singular present ammontóno, first-person singular past historic ammontonài, past participle ammontonàto, auxiliary avére)
- (archaic) to amass; to pile up
Conjugation
Neapolitan
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish amontonar. By surface analysis, a- + montone + -are. Compare also Sicilian ammuntunari, Italian ammontonare.
Pronunciation
Verb
ammontonare
- to accumulate
- to hoard
References
- Riccio, Giovanna (2005) Ispanismi nel dialetto napoletano, Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 137
- Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “ammontonare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano