tentennare.
to totter, to stagger
Meaning & usage
to totter, to stagger
to hesitate
to swing, to shake slightly
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Latin tintinnāre (“to ring, jingle intermittently”), frequentative of tinnīre (“to ring”), whence Italian tinnire. Cognate to Neapolitan ndennare, Old French tantiner.
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