vattere

== Neapolitan == === Etymology === Inherited from Late Latin battere, from Classical Latin battuere. === Pronunciation === (Naples) IPA(key): [ˈvattərə] (numerous dialects) IPA(key): [ˈvattə] === Verb === vattere beat === References === AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 729: “castigare un ragazzo” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it Rocco, Emmanuele (1882), “vattere”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano‎[1]