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Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Vulgar Latin *cunla, syncopated form of cūnula, diminutive of Latin cūna, cūnae (“cradle”), from Proto-Italic *koinā, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱoyneh₂, derived from the root *ḱey- (“to be lying down; to settle”). Doublet of cuna.
Noun
culla f (plural culle)
- cradle, crib, cot
Lascia il bambino nella culla.- Leave the baby in the crib.
- (figuratively) cradle, place of origin
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
culla
- inflection of cullare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- culla in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Sicilian
Preposition
culla
- Contraction of cu la (“with the”).