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Neapolitan
Etymology
Inherited from Latin collocāre.
Pronunciation
Verb
coccare
- (transitive) to lay down
- (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 Südschweiz – map 659: “è coricato; coricarsi” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
- Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “coccare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano