culla

Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkul.la/
  • Rhymes: -ulla
  • Hyphenation: cùl‧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)

  1. cradle, crib, cot
    Lascia il bambino nella culla.
    Leave the baby in the crib.
Derived terms

Verb

culla

  1. inflection of cullare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading
  • culla in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Sicilian

Preposition

culla

  1. Contraction of cu la (“with the”).
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