mama

From Latin mamma, from Ancient Greek μάμμη (mámmē).


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”).


limba

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

M’apo mossigadu sa limba


ossu

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


pranta

From earlier *planta, from Latin planta, from Proto-Italic *plāntā, from Proto-Indo-European *pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat”).


coa

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


nuraghe

Unknown. Perhaps of pre-Nuragic substrate origin.

Sos nuraghes s'agatant solamente in Sardigna.
Nuraghes are only found in Sardinia.

nuraghe (type of megalithic building in Sardinia)


frunza

From Late Latin frondia n pl, a collective noun derived from Classical Latin frondeus (“leafy”). Compare Campidanese fròngia (“foliage; branch; ruche”).


curma

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


eni

Possibly related to Albanian enjë (“yew”).

Taxus baccata
Taxus baccata#Translingual


galileu

Of unknown origin. Possibly belonging to the alleged Nuragic substrate.
Pittau (2013) compares it with a hypothetical Etruscan *𐌙𐌀𐌓𐌖𐌋𐌄 (*χarule) which is first attested in c. 40, but in common usage only as of the 90C.E. by Dioscorides in Greek orthography as γαρουλέου (garouléou, “crown daisy”). He also suggests a connection with Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós, “pale green, yellowish”).
Maybe related to Sardinian chirielle, ghirielle (“wild chrysanthemum”).

unk

unknown


fruttu

From Latin fructus, itself from the verb fruor.


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.


arangiu

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


costiche

Of unknown origin. Hypothesized to be part of a Nuragic substrate. Often compared with Basque gaztigar (“maple”).

unk

unknown


aurri

Of unknown origin. Hypothesized to be part of a Nuragic substrate. Often compared with Basque aurri (“name of a sp. of tree”), although this is not generally accepted as a valid comparison by most Vasconists.

unknown

Carpinus betulus
Carpinus betulus#Translingual


golosti

golósti (canonical masculine)
golostis (plural)

Of unknown origin. Hypothesized to be part of a Nuragic substrate. Often compared with Basque gorosti (“holly”), Navarrese Spanish golostia, gorostia (“holly”). However, given the dialectal variant golostri, a relation with Ancient Greek κήλαστρος (kḗlastros, “holly”) is possible.

unknown

cog

Ilex aquifolium
Ilex aquifolium#Translingual


ghinghiva

[ɡiŋ.ˈɡiː.β̞ä]


cherbeddu

From Latin cerebellum, diminutive of cerebrum.


ghenucru

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


tzichiria

Borrowed from Punic. Compare Hebrew שֵׁכָר (šēḵār).

Hebrew שֵׁכָר (šēḵār)

Anethum graveolens
Anethum graveolens#Translingual

(botany) dill, aneth (Anethum graveolens)


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


tzaùrra

Unknown.
Perhaps from Punic 𐤆𐤓𐤏 (zrʿ, “seed”), although via a Vulgar Latin *zerula. Compare Hebrew זֶרַע (zeraʿ, “seed”), Aramaic זַרְעָא (zarʿā, “seed”) and Arabic زَرْع (zarʕ, “seed”).


tzìpiri

Borrowed from a hypothetical Punic *𐤆𐤁𐤓 (*zbr /zibbir/, “rosemary”), found in Pseudo-Apuleius' Herbarius [c. VI century A.D.] in Latin script as zibbir. There is no doubt that the word is of Semitic origin, but has very few cognates. The closest of them appears to be Classical Syriac ܙܒܘܪܐ (zbwrʾ, “thyme”, pl.), which, despite its phonetic similarity with the Sardinian word, has a different semantic value. Compare also Akkadian 𒌑𒈛𒈥𒌅 (^(U₂)LUḪ.MAR.TU /šibburratu, sibbirru, sinpirru/, “date palm; aromatic herb”) and 𒍝𒄠𒁍𒊒𒊬 (za-am-bu-ru^(SAR) /zambūru/, “thyme”), all of which are probably akin to Sardinian.
Beyond Semitic, see also Ancient Greek σισύμβριον (sisúmbrion, “watercress”), which is likely a reduplicated form belonging to the same word family.

cog

Salvia rosmarinus
Salvia rosmarinus#Translingual

Rosmarinus officinalis
Rosmarinus officinalis#Translingual

(botany) rosemary (Salvia rosmarinus, syn. Rosmarinus officinalis)


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”).