banana

From Spanish banana, from Wolof banaana.


mela

From Late Latin mēla, from mēlum, from Latin mālum.


sue

Inherited from Classical Latin sūs, suem, from Proto-Italic *sūs, derived from Proto-Indo-European *suH- (“pig, hog, swine”). Compare Nuorese sughe, Sassarese sua (dialectal sui).


frutta

From Late Latin fructa, from Latin fructus.


abe

From Latin apis, apem. Compare Campidanese abi, Nuorese ape.

S’abe faghet su mele.


binu

From Latin vīnum, from Proto-Italic *wīnom, from Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁nom, derived from *wéyh₁ō (“wine; vine”).


pira

From Vulgar Latin *pira, from the plural of Latin pirum, reanalyzed as a feminine singular. Compare Italian pera, French poire, Spanish pera.


melone

From Late Latin mēlō, mēlōnem, shortening of Latin mēlopepō, from Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn, “melon”).


cicogna

/t͡ʃiˈkɔɲɲa/

From Latin cicōnia, derived from Proto-Indo-European *kekoh₂n-, from the root *keh₂n- (“to sing”).

Ciconia ciconia
Ciconia ciconia#Translingual

(Sassarese) stork, especially a white stork (Ciconia ciconia)


formiga

From Latin formīca, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *morwi.


lontra

Probably a recent borrowing from Italian lontra, from a variant of Latin lutra. Wagner's Dizionario etimologico sardo (1960's) has no such entry, and the AIS (1920's) records no word for 'otter' in any part of Sardinia. The apparent lack of dialectal variation, as well as the vowel /o/ for Latin /ŭ/, make a direct inheritance most unlikely.


persiga

From Late Latin persica, Latin persicum (“peach”).


curma

Borrowed from Punic. Compare Arabic حَرْمَل (ḥarmal, “harmal”).


porcu

Inherited from Classical Latin porcus (“piglet; pig”), from Proto-Italic *porkos, from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos (“young pig”), derived from the root *perḱ- (“to dig”). Cognate with Corsican porcu and Sicilian porcu.


perru

head

perru m (plural perros, feminine perra, feminine plural perras)

perros (plural)
perra (feminine)
perras (feminine plural)


achina

From Late Latin acina, from Latin acinus.

(Nuorese) grape, (collective noun) grapes (fruit)


fruttu

From Latin fructus, itself from the verb fruor.

(figuratively) fruit (an end result, effect, or consequence), harvest


erbamédica

From Latin herba medica. Compare Italian erba medica.


arangiu

Borrowed from Italian arancio, from Persian نارنگ (nârang), from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga).


sindria

Borrowed from Catalan síndria, from Arabic سِنْدِيَّة (sindiyya, “Sindhi”), abbreviated from بَطِيخَة سِنْدِيَّة (baṭīḵa(t) sindiyya, “Sindhi melon”).


cicònnia

(Campidanese) stork, especially a white stork (Ciconia ciconia)


tzicogna

(Nuorese) stork, especially a white stork (Ciconia ciconia)


cicona

(Gallurese) stork, especially a white stork (Ciconia ciconia)


cicònia

(Logudorese) stork, especially a white stork (Ciconia ciconia)


chervu

chervu m (plural chervos, feminine cherva)

From Latin cervus, from Proto-Italic *kerwos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂wós, from *ḱerh₂- (“horn”). Compare Campidanese cerbu.


cabaddu

cabaddu m (plural cabaddos, feminine ebba)

From Latin caballus. Variants found in medieval Logudorese documents include cauallu, caballu, choallu, couallu.


cheresia

From Vulgar Latin ceresia, from the neuter plural of Late Latin ceresium, from Latin cerasium, from Ancient Greek κεράσιον (kerásion, “cherry”), from κερασός (kerasós, “bird cherry”), ultimately possibly of Anatolian origin.


conigliu

Borrowed from Catalan conill and more recently Italian coniglio; both from Latin cunīculus.


aghina

(Logudorese) grape, (collective noun) grapes (fruit)


chibudda

tziodda

Logudorese and Nuorese; borrowed from Sassarese


ghiddostre

Of unknown origin. Hypothesized to be part of the alleged Nuragic substrate. Pittau (2013) relates it to Basque ilarre, gilharre, gilar (“heather”).

unk

unknown


futiventu

Falco tinnunculus
Falco tinnunculus#Translingual


cavuru

From Greek κάβουρας m (kávouras). Compare Maltese qabru.


cerbu

From Latin cervus, from Proto-Italic *kerwos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂wós, from *ḱerh₂- (“horn”). Compare Logudorese and Nuorese chervu.