Eighty-two is 'a tavula 'mbandita, the table laid and loaded. Imbandita means spread for a feast rather than merely set, and Neapolitan clips the opening vowel as usual.
It is the sum of the board's kitchen. Beans at 10, coffee at 42, wine at 45, meat at 49, bread at 50, soup at 68, cheese at 88, and here at 82 the table with all of it on.
- 82
- 'A tavula 'mbandita
- the laid table
- Row 81–90 of the tabellone
Where the figure comes from
Not recorded.
Other things filed on 82
In Neapolitan life
The board's food squares make most sense in the room where the board was used: a Neapolitan dinner table between Christmas Eve and the Epiphany, with the tabellone propped up and the cartelle covered in beans. The figures and the setting are the same furniture.
82 in the smorfia — frequently asked
Laid out for a feast. It is stronger than merely set; the table has food on it.
Most of them. Beans at 10, coffee at 42, wine at 45, meat at 49, bread at 50, soup at 68 and cheese at 88 all end up on this table.