Eighty-three is 'o maletiempo, bad weather. Neapolitan writes it as one word and breaks the vowel: maltempo becomes maletiempo, the same ie that runs through 41, 49 and 53.
In a port city bad weather is not small talk. It is the boats staying in and nobody being paid.
- 83
- 'O maletiempo
- the bad weather
- Row 81–90 of the tabellone
Where the figure comes from
None recorded.
Other things filed on 83
A whale (balena)
A black dog (cane nero)
An arrow (freccia)
A rifle (fucile)
A blessing (benedizione)
A librarian (bibliotecario)
Armour (armatura)
In Neapolitan life
The board keeps fine weather too, filed under bel tempo at 33 in the printed dictionary rather than given a square of its own. Storms got a picture; good days did not.
83 in the smorfia — frequently asked
Neapolitan compounds it: maletiempo. Italian keeps maltempo as one word too, but the vowel break is the dialect's own.
Not on the board. Bel tempo is filed under 33 in the printed dictionary, which is a demotion of sorts.