FONZMORFIA

The Natural Numbers

“Dio ha fatto i numeri naturali, tutto il resto è opera dell’uomo” G. P.

“God made the natural numbers, everything else is the work of man” G. P.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peano_axioms

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Peano

La Smorfia

The origin of the term “Smorfia” is uncertain, but the most frequent explanation is that it is linked to the name of Morpheus, the God of dreams in ancient Greece.

La Smorfia is a type of Southern Italian Gematria. It maps dream motifs onto numbers 1 through 90, revealing which numbers should be played in the lottery. Dictionaries mapping thousands of items and ideas onto these numbers are popular in Southern Italy, particularly Naples. You can read one online for free: Nuova Smorfia del giuoco del lotto (1866) – Giustino Rumeo

The ninety numbers of “La Smorfia” derive from those of the lottery. The lottery game was born in Genoa in the 16th century and was legalized only two century later in various states of Italy. So here’s where the “Smorfia” come from. From trying to derive numbers to play for the game.

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Although a gematria is the relationship between natural numbers into a word written in a certain language with a certain font, in the case of the Neapolitan Smorfia in the past each number was accompanied by an Image to help illiterates understand the meaning of the number through an unwritten communication.

Since we are not illiterate we will use words.

This section’s mission is to leverage “La Smorfia”‘s structure to create connections between natural numbers (those made by God), Neapolitan, Italian and English.

You can use this table to get numbers from your dreams and play the lottery =).

Nº	Italiano	Napoletano	English
1	L’Italia	L’Italia	The Italy
2	La bambina	‘A piccerella	The Little Girl
3	La gatta	‘A gatta	The Female Cat
4	Il maiale	‘O puorco	The Pig
5	La mano	‘A mana	The Hand
6	Quella che guarda verso terra	Chella ca guarda nderra	The Vagina
7	Il vaso di creta	‘O vasetto	The Clay Vase
8	La Madonna	‘A Maronna	The Madonna
9	La figliolanza	‘A figliata	The Offspring
10	I fagioli	‘E fasule	The Beans
11	I topolini	‘E surice	The Mices
12	Il soldato	‘E surdate	The Soldier
13	Sant’Antonio	Sant’Antuono	St. Anthony
14	L’ubriaco	‘O mbriaco	The Drunk
15	Il ragazzo	‘O guaglione	The Boy
16	Il culo	‘O culo	The Ass
17	La sfortuna	‘A disggrazia	The Unluck
18	Il sangue	‘O sanghe	The Blood
19	La risata	‘A resata	The Laugh
20	La festa	‘A festa	The Party
21	La donna nuda	‘A femmena annura	The Naked Woman
22	Il pazzo	‘O pazzo	The Crazy
23	Lo scemo	‘O scemo	The Fool
24	Le guardie	‘E Gguardie	The Cops
25	Natale	Natale	The Christmas
26	La piccola Anna	Nanninella	St. Hannah
27	Il pitale	‘O càntaro	The Chamber Pot
28	I seni	‘E zizze	The Breast
29	Il padre dei bambini	‘O pate de ccriature	The Penis
30	Le palle del tenente	‘E palle do tenente	The Tenant’s Testicles
31	Il padrone di casa	‘O patrone ‘e casa	The Landlord
32	Il capitone	‘O capitone	The Eel
33	Gli anni di Cristo	L’anne ‘e Cristo	The Years Of Jesus Christ
34	La testa	‘A capa	The Head
35	L’uccellino	L’aucielle	The Little Bird
36	Le nacchere	‘E castagnelle	The Castnets
37	Il monaco	‘O monaco	The Monk
38	Le botte	‘E mazzate	The Beatings
39	Il cappio al collo	‘A funa ‘nganna	The Slipknot
40	La noia	‘A paposcia	The Boredom
41	Il coltello	‘O curtiello	The Knife
42	Il caffè	‘O ccafè	The Coffe
43	La donna al balcone	Onna ô balcone	The Woman on The Balcony
44	La prigione	‘E cancelle	The Jail
45	Il vino buono	‘O vino bbuono	The Good Wine
46	Il denaro	‘E denare	The Money
47	Il morto	‘O muorto	The Dead Man/Woman
48	Il morto che parla	‘O muorto che pparla	The Dead Man/Woman talking
49	La carne	‘O piezzo ‘e carne	The Flesh
50	Il pane	‘O ppane	The Bread
51	Il giardino	‘O ciardino	The Garden
52	La mamma	‘A mamma	The Mum
53	Il vecchio	‘O viecchio	The Old Man
54	Il cappello	‘O cappiello	The Hat
55	La musica	‘A musica	The Music
56	La caduta	‘A caruta	The Fall
57	Il gobbo	‘O scartellato	The Hunchback
58	Il pacco	‘O paccotto	The Scam
59	I peli	‘E pile	The Hair
60	Il lamento	‘O lamiento	The Moaning
61	Il cacciatore	‘O cacciatore	The Hunter
62	Il morto ammazzato	‘O muorto accise	The Killed Man/Woman
63	La sposa	‘A sposa	The Bride
64	La marsina	‘A sciammerìa	The Frock Coat
65	Il pianto	‘O chianto	The Cry
66	Le due zitelle	‘E ddoje zetelle	The Two Single Women
67	Il totano nella chitarra	‘O purpo into’â chitarra	The Coitus
68	La zuppa cotta	‘A zuppa cotta	The Cooked Soup
69	Sottosopra	sott’e ‘ncoppa	Upside/Down
70	Il palazzo	‘O palazzo	The Building
71	L’uomo di merda	L’ommo ‘e mmerda	The Evil and Disgusting Man/Woman
72	Lo stupore	‘A maraviglia	The Wonder
73	L’ospedale	‘O spitale	The Hospital
74	La grotta	‘A rotta	The Cave
75	Pulcinella	Pulecenella	Pulcinella
76	La fontana	‘A funtana	The Fountain
77	I diavoli	‘E riavulille	The Devils
78	La bella figliola	‘A bella figliola	The Prostitute
79	Il ladro	‘O mariuolo	The Thief
80	La bocca	‘A vocca	The Mouth
81	I fiori	‘E sciure	The Flowers
82	La tavola imbandita	‘A tavula ‘mbandita	The Table Laid
83	Il maltempo	‘O maletiempo	The Bad Weather
84	La chiesa	‘A chiesa	The Church
85	Le anime del Purgatorio	L’aneme do priatorio	The Souls of Purgatory
86	La bottega	‘A puteca	The Convenience Store
87	I pidocchi	‘E perucchie	The Lice
88	I caciocavalli	‘E casecavalle	The Cheese
89	La vecchia	‘A vecchia	The Old Woman
90	La paura	THE FEAR