Re: [tied] Re: cutulare (Re: value of "u")

From: alex
Message: 24312
Date: 2003-07-08

g wrote:

>>> BTW, does anyone know the meaning of Italian
>>> "cutulare" (in some Southern dialect)?
>>
>> `to shake` (in Sicilian and Pugliese)
>
> Grazie! Well, then, Alex, here's the answer, this
> is the kinship of our "scuturare".
>
> I found cutulare on some websites today, such as:
> mumentu ca ni face cutulare intra la danza e`...
> TROOPO CHINU.

> George
>
Interesting here is not "cutulare" but "troopo chinu".
What would this expression mean?

Alex