corpus

From Latin corpus, from Proto-Italic *korpos, from Proto-Indo-European *krépos ~ *krépesos, derived from the root *krep- (“body”). Compare English riff.

tènnere unu corpus atlèticu

(anatomy) body (physical structure of a human or animal)


abasia

[ä.β̞ä.ˈziː.ä]

Borrowed from Italian abasia, derived from Ancient Greek βάσις (básis, “step”).

(Limba Sarda Comuna, medicine) abasia (inability to walk)


binu

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


ossu

From Latin ossum, from os. Compare Catalan os, French os, Interlingua osso, Italian osso, Portuguese osso, Romanian os, Spanish hueso.


limba

From Latin lingua. For the change /ɡʷ/ > /b/, compare Romanian limbă.

M’apo mossigadu sa limba


grogu

sc-adj

grogu (feminine singular groga, masculine plural grogos, feminine plural grogas)

groga (feminine singular)
grogos (masculine plural)
grogas (feminine plural)
groga (feminine singular)
grogos (masculine plural)
grogas (feminine plural)

Possibly borrowed from Catalan groc, from Latin crocus, from Ancient Greek κρόκος (krókos).

Su limoni est grogu

1842, Giuanni Rossi, “Proposizionis esprimias con su verbu Essiri”, in Elementus de gramatica de su dialettu sardu meridionali e de sa lingua italiana, Casteddu: Stamperia de Antoni Timon, page 165:


grogu

(Logudorese, Campidanese, Limba Sarda Comuna) yellow (color)


murru

murru (feminine singular murra, masculine plural murros, feminine plural murras)

murra (feminine singular)
murros (masculine plural)
murras (feminine plural)


albu

From Latin albus, from Proto-Italic *alβos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élbʰos, *álbʰos, *albʰós (“white”).


coa

From Vulgar Latin cōda, from Latin cauda, from Proto-Italic *kaudā, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂udeh₂.


birde

From Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Classical Latin viridis (“green”), an adjective based on vireō (“flourish, sprout”).


biancu

biancu (feminine singular bianca, masculine plural biancos, feminine plural biancas)

bianca (feminine singular)
biancos (masculine plural)
biancas (feminine plural)
bianca (feminine singular)
biancos (masculine plural)
biancas (feminine plural)


ruju

ruju (feminine singular ruja, masculine plural rujos, feminine plural rujas)

ruja (feminine singular)
rujos (masculine plural)
rujas (feminine plural)

From Latin rubeus, derived from rubeō (“I am reddish”).


filuferru

From filu (“thread”) + ferru (“iron”); the name is generally considered to reference how grappa containers were hidden from authorities by being buried with thread attached for later retrieval.


nieddu

nieddu (feminine singular niedda, masculine plural nieddos, feminine plural nieddas)

niedda (feminine singular)
nieddos (masculine plural)
nieddas (feminine plural)


ghinghiva

[ɡiŋ.ˈɡiː.β̞ä]


chervu

head

chervu m (plural chervos, feminine cherva)

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


cherbeddu

From Latin cerebellum, diminutive of cerebrum.


brancu

sc-adj

brancu (feminine singular branca, masculine plural brancos, feminine plural brancas)

branca (feminine singular)
brancos (masculine plural)
brancas (feminine plural)


rubiu

rubiu (feminine singular rubia, masculine plural rubios, feminine plural rubias)

rubia (feminine singular)
rubios (masculine plural)
rubias (feminine plural)


ghenucru

From Late Latin genuculum, alteration of Latin geniculum, diminutive of genū (“knee”).


asulu

asulu (feminine singular asula, masculine plural asulos, feminine plural asulas)

asula (feminine singular)
asulos (masculine plural)
asulas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Spanish azul, from Old Galician-Portuguese azur (“blue”), from Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli”), from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”). Doublet of azurru.

der

(Logudorese) Synonym of biaittu (“light blue”)


arrubiu

sc-adj

arrubiu (feminine singular arrubia, masculine plural arrubios, feminine plural arrubias)

arrubia (feminine singular)
arrubios (masculine plural)
arrubias (feminine plural)


mùrinu

mùrinu (feminine singular mùrina, masculine plural mùrinos, feminine plural mùrinas)

mùrina (feminine singular)
mùrinos (masculine plural)
mùrinas (feminine plural)

From Latin mūrīnus, derived from mūs (“mouse”).


azurru

azurru (feminine singular azurra, masculine plural azurros, feminine plural azurras)

azurra (feminine singular)
azurros (masculine plural)
azurras (feminine plural)

Ultimately from Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli”), from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”). Doublet of asulu.


biaittu

biaittu (feminine singular biaitta, masculine plural biaittos, feminine plural biaittas)

biaitta (feminine singular)
biaittos (masculine plural)
biaittas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Italian biadetto, derived from a term of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz.


pische de sa camba

Literally, “fish of the leg”. Compare Sicilian pisciuni (“calf”, literally “big fish”) and Moroccan Arabic حوتة الرجل (ḥūtat er-rjal, “calf”, literally “fish of the leg”).


fragare

[fɾä.ˈɣ̞äː.ɾɛ]

From Latin frāgrāre, present infinitive of frāgrō (“I emit a smell”), from Proto-Italic *frāgrāō, from *frāgros, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₂g- (“to smell”).

der

(transitive) to smell (to sense (a smell))

(intransitive) to smell (to have a particular smell)


maniposa

a kind of luminary or candle left at a grave or similar site, to honor the deceased or a saint