ammuttari

== Sicilian == === Alternative forms === 'mmuttari === Etymology 1 === From a- +‎ n- +‎ *buttari, the last element being from Old French bouter (“to strike, put”), of Germanic origin. ==== Verb ==== ammuttari (transitive) to push, press (transitive) to drive, lead (transitive) to raise, lift (intransitive, of a person or situation) to be unpleasant, harsh (intransitive) to work excessively, speed up === Etymology 2 === From a- +‎ n- +‎ vutti (“barrel”) +‎ -ari. Compare Italian imbottare. ==== Verb ==== ammuttari (transitive) to store in barrels === References === Traina, Antonino (1868), “ammuttari”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 249