cumpà
Neapolitan
/kumˈpa/
noun
Definitions
- (slang) male friend, buddy
Etymology
Inherited from Latin compatrem.
Origin
Latin
compatrem
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- compadre English
- goombah English
- com- Latin
- compater Latin
- compater, compatrem Latin
- compatrem Latin
- pater Latin
- compare Italian
- compadre Spanish, Castilian
- compadrear Spanish, Castilian
- cumpa Spanish, Castilian
- kmotr Polish
- cumpæder Old English
- *kumъ Proto-Slavic
- comper Old French
- kumpare Tagalog
- cumpari Sicilian
- kumpàyli’ína Taos
- kumpali Chamicuro