coccare

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See also: cucca and Cucca

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin collocāre.

Pronunciation

Verb

coccare

  1. (transitive) to lay down
  2. (intransitive and reflexive) to lie down, go to bed
    • 1976, La Gatta Cenerentola, Second Act:
      Matrigna: Pripara lu lietto e fallo cuccà c''o 'mbamberambì e 'o 'mbamberambà!
      Cenerentola: Oi mamma s'è cuccato!
      Coro: Bim bom bà!
      Stepmother: Make the bed and make him lie down with the !
      Cindrella: Hey mother, he lay down!
      Chorus: Bim bom bà!

References

  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweizmap 659: “è coricato; coricarsi” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
  • Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “coccare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano