culla
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkul.la/
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
- Lascia il bambino nella culla.
- Leave the baby in the crib.
Derived terms
- cullare
Verb
culla
- third-person singular present of cullare
- second-person singular imperative of cullare
Further reading
- culla in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana