abate

head

abate m (plural abates, feminine badessa)

From Italian abate, from Late Latin abbās, abbātem, from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς (abbâs), from Aramaic אבא (’abbā, “father”). Compare Campidanese abati.


abba

From Latin aqua. Compare with the Campidanese àcua phonetic variation. Compare also with the Romanian apă.

(Logudorese, Nuorese) (by extension) rain

(Logudorese, in the plural) amniotic fluid, waters


banana

From Spanish banana, from Wolof banaana.


cane

From Latin canis, canem (“dog”). Cognate with Italian cane.


mariposa

(Campidanese) alternative form of maniposa


mama

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


essere

[ˈɛs.sɛ.ɾɛ̆]

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin essere, from Latin esse.

inh+

sos esseres umanos


mela

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


ape

From Latin apis, apem. Compare Logudorese abe, Campidanese abi.


rosa

rosas (plural)
arrosa (alternative Campidanese)
orrosa (alternative Campidanese)


rosa

arrosa (alternative Campidanese)
orrosa (alternative Campidanese)


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)

sos disìgios de su corpus

body (fleshly or corporeal nature of a human)

Cale si siat corpus est sugetu a sa fortza de gravidade

Any body is subject to gravitational force

body (any physical object or material thing)

body (organisation, company or other authoritative group)


nie

(Logudorese) alternative form of nibe (“snow”)


cabra

cabras (plural)
capra (alternative)
craba (alternative)

From Latin capra, from caper, from Proto-Indo-European *kápros.


luna

From Latin lūna, from Proto-Italic *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂.


limone

limones (plural)
limoni (alternative Campidanese)
limoni (alternative Campidanese)


latte

lattes (plural)
latti (alternative Campidanese)


manu

From Latin manus. Compare Catalan mà, French main, Galician man, Italian mano, Occitan man, Portuguese mão, Romanian mână, Spanish mano.


oca

From Late Latin auca, syncope of *avica, from classical Latin avis (“bird”). Compare Catalan, Spanish, Venetan, and Sicilian oca, French oie, Occitan auca, Romansch auca, ocha, Friulian ocje, Dalmatian jauca.


pane

panes (plural)
pani (alternative Campidanese)


linna

From Latin ligna, plural of lignum, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-no- (“that which is collected”), from *leǵ-.


pasta

From Late Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá).


domo

From Latin domus (“house”), from Proto-Italic *domos, from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm, derived from the root *dem- (“to build”).


mesa

From Vulgar Latin mēsa, from Latin mēnsa.


stella

From Latin stēlla, from Proto-Italic *stērlā, a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr, derived from the root *h₂eh₁s- (“to burn”).


ou

Inherited from Classical Latin ōvum, possibly via Vulgar Latin (*)ŏvum.


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).


mesu

From a cross of Latin mēnsus (“measured, distributed”) and medius (“middle, half”). Like Dalmatian mesu and perhaps Venetan miso; unlike Italian mezzo and Romanian miez.


lei

Borrowed from Spanish ley, from Latin lex, legem.


mere

From the nominative of Latin maior (“greater, elder”), via intermediate forms like *maire, *meire. For final /-or/ > /-re/, cf. Sardinian sorre, from Latin soror (“sister”).


core

cores (plural)
coro (alternative Logudorese)
coru (alternative Campidanese)

From Vulgar Latin *corem m, from Latin cor n.
The Logudorese form reflects the replacement of earlier /-e/ with an echo vowel based on the /o/ of the preceding syllable. (Final echo vowels are common across Sardinian dialects.) The Campidanese form reflects, in addition to that, the dialect's general merger of final unstressed /o/ into /u/.


notte

nottes (plural)
notti (alternative Campidanese)

From Latin noctem, accusative of nox, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts.


mente

Borrowed from Classical Latin mēns, mentem (“mind; intellect, thought”), from Proto-Italic *mentis, from Proto-Indo-European *méntis (“thought”). Compare Campidanese menti.


burdo

From Late Latin burdus (“bastard, mule”), probably of Celtic origin.


frore

From earlier *flore, from Latin flōrem, accusative singular of flōs (“flower”), from Proto-Italic *flōs (accusative *flōzem), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃s (“flower, blossom”), derived from the root *bʰleh₃- (“to bloom”).


morte

From Latin mors, mortem. Compare Italian morte.


nura

From Late Latin nura, from Latin nurus, from Proto-Indo-European *snusós.


oro

Borrowed from Italian oro, from Latin aurum.


gattu

From Latin cattus. Cognates include Italian gatto and Spanish gato.


frutta

From Late Latin fructa, from Latin fructus.


mata

Borrowed from Spanish, perhaps from Late Latin matta.


jaja

From Spanish yaya (“grandma”), or from Greek γιαγιά (giagiá, “grandmother”).


abe

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

S’abe faghet su mele.


edu

From Latin haedus, from Proto-Italic *haidos, probably a loanword from a pre-Indo-European substrate language due to the fact that it cannot be derived from any known root. The only sure cognate is Proto-Germanic *gaits (“goat”). Compare Aromanian edu, Romanian ied.


sera

From Late Latin sēra, from ellipsis of Latin sēra diēs, from sērus (“late”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-ro-. Compare Italian sera, French soir, Venetan séra, Friulian sere, Sicilian sira, Romanian seară, Romansch saira.


abasia

[ä.β̞ä.ˈziː.ä]

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

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


sidi

From Latin sitis, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰítis (“decay; destruction”), derived from the root *dʰgʷʰey- (“to decline; to perish”). Compare Italian sete.


lagu

From Latin lacus (“lake”). Compare Aragonese laco, Catalan llac, French lac, Italian lago, Maltese lag, Portuguese lago, Romanian lac, Spanish lago.


cara

From Spanish cara and/or Catalan cara, both from Late Latin cara, from Ancient Greek κάρα (kára).


lunis

From Latin Lūnae diēs, variant of diēs Lūnae (“day of the moon”).


maltis

martis (alternative)
matis (alternative)


boi

From Latin bōs (“cow, bull”). Compare Italian bue.


bancu

From Catalan banc, of Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench”).

stall (bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale)


ae

Inherited from Latin avem, accusative of avis.

(Logudorese) bird (in general), especially eagles or other birds of prey


písche

pische (alternative)
pisci (alternative)


iférru

From Latin īnfernum, neuter form of īnfernus (“of the lower regions”).


prata

From earlier *plata, from Vulgar Latin *platta, plattus (“flattened”). Compare Spanish Spanish plata.


ruga

rugas (plural)
eruga (alternative)
berruca (alternative)
arruga (alternative)
ferruga (alternative)
orruca (alternative)
verruga (alternative)
ruda (alternative)
rugaruga (alternative)
rua (alternative)
arruga (alternative)
orruga (alternative)


ruga

rugas (plural)
rua (alternative)
arruga (alternative)
orruga (alternative)


jana

From Latin Diana, from Proto-Italic *deiwā, from Proto-Indo-European *deywós.


sardu

Of unclear origin. Possibly from an adjectival derivate of the pre-Roman substrate root *sard- through Latin sardus.

unk

unclear


lupu

Borrowed from Italian lupo. Not inherited from Latin lupus; note the absence of a form like *lubu as well as the absence of the animal itself from the island.


abi

Inherited from Classical Latin apis, apem. Compare Logudorese abe, Nuorese ape.


pira

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


erba

From Latin herba, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow, become green”).


limba

limbas (plural)
limma (alternative)
linga (alternative)
lingua (alternative Campidanese)

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

M’apo mossigadu sa limba

limba sarda

perdere sa limba


binu

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


nui

From Latin nūbes. Compare Italian nube and nuvola.


ogu

From Vulgar Latin oclus, from Latin oculus. Compare Italian occhio.


oru

Borrowed from Italian oro, from Latin aurum.


oru

From Vulgar Latin *ōrum, variant of ōra.


pei

From Latin pes, pedem. Compare Catalan peu, French pied (foot), Italian piede (foot), Latin pes (foot), Latvian pēda, Lithuanian pėdės, Portuguese pé (foot), Spanish pie (foot).


bentu

From Latin ventus (“wind”), from Proto-Italic *wentos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts, from the root *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”).


fenu

From Latin faenum. Compare Italian fieno.


grogu

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

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


babbu

From Vulgar Latin *babbus. Compare Italian babbo and Romansch bab.


ossu

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


ortu

From Latin hortus. Compare Italian orto.


isula

From Vulgar Latin *isula, from Latin īnsula. Compare Italian isola.


prumu

prumos (plural)
prumbu (alternative)
piumbu (alternative)

From earlier plumbu, from Latin plumbum (“lead”). Compare Italian Italian piombo.


prenu

prenos (plural)
plenu (alternative Logudorese)
pienu (alternative Logudorese)

From an original *plenu, from Latin plēnus, from Proto-Italic *plēnos, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”), derived from the root *pleh₁- (“to fill”).
Compare Italian pieno, Catalan ple, French plein, Romanian plin and Spanish lleno.

a prenu


prattu

From an original *plattu, compare Italian piatto.


pranta

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


preda

From Latin petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra, “stone, rock”).


pramu

From an original *palmu, from *plamu; compare Italian palmo.


pruppu

From Latin polypus (“octopus”), from Ancient Greek πολύπους (polúpous).


pische

pisches (plural)
písche (alternative)
pisci (alternative Campidanese)

Inherited from Latin piscem, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-.


mele

meles (plural)
meli (alternative Campidanese)

From Vulgar Latin *melem m or f, from Latin mel n.


melone

melones (plural)
meloni (alternative Campidanese)
meluni (alternative Campidanese)

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


gigante

gigantes (plural)
ghigante (alternative)

Learned borrowing from Latin gigās, from Ancient Greek γίγᾱς (gígās, “giant”).


cria

→? Gallurese: cria

→? Sassarese: crea

Deverbal, from Logudorese criare and Campidanese criai (“to lay an egg; to give birth”).

cog

(Logudorese, Nuorese, Campidanese) brooding, incubating

(Logudorese, transferred sense) parturition, labour (of animals, especially sheep)

(Logudorese, transferred sense, humorous or derogatory) childbirth

de mala cria

(with an adjective) family, lineage, descent


bega

Possibly a borrowing from Spanish vega. Ultimate origin is unknown, but it is likely akin to Galician veiga and Basque ibai (“river”), ibar (“valley”).

unk

unknown


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)


cicogna

/t͡ʃiˈkɔɲɲa/

(Campidanese) alternative form of cicònnia

(Logudorese) alternative form of cicònia


piccione

picciones (plural)
piccioni (alternative)

Borrowed from Italian piccione. Cf. the native synonym columbu.


fusile

Borrowed from French fusil; see there for further etymology.


labore

labores (plural)
laore (alternative)
laori (alternative)
lavore (alternative)
leori (alternative)
liòri (alternative)
loi (alternative)
lori (alternative)

From Latin labor (“work, labor”). Compare to Catalan llavor (“seed”).

cereal or grain, (referring to either a plant or the corn harvested from it)


luche

luches (plural)
lughe (alternative)
luxi (alternative Campidanese)

From Latin lūcem, accusative singular of lūx, from Proto-Italic *louks (accusative *loukem), from the Proto-Indo-European *léwks, derived from the root *lewk- (“white; light; bright”). Cognates include Italian luce and Spanish luz.

sa luche de su sole

(uncountable) light (visible electromagnetic radiation)

No li funtzionant bene sas luches.

domo de otto luches


padule

padules (plural)
paule (alternative Logudorese)
pauli (alternative Campidanese)

From Late Latin padūlem, from Latin palūd- via metathesis.


casu

From Latin cāseus, see there for more. Compare Romanian caș, Spanish queso, Portuguese queijo.


vinu

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


dì

From Latin diēs, back-formed from the accusative diem (whose vowel was once long), from Proto-Italic *djēm, the accusative of *djous, from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws (“heaven, sky”), derived from the root *dyew- (“to be bright; sky”). Compare Logudorese and Nuorese die, Italian dì, Spanish día.


logu

From Latin locus, from Old Latin stlocus, from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to put, place, locate”).


carri

From Latin carnem, accusative of carō (“flesh”), from Proto-Italic *karō, from Proto-Indo-European *ker-, *(s)ker- (“to cut”).


carri

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


caliche

caliches (plural)
calighe (alternative)
calixi (alternative)

From Latin calix, calicem, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek κύλιξ (kúlix).


pede

pedes (plural)
pe (alternative)
pei (alternative Campidanese)

From Latin pes, pedem. Compare Catalan peu, French pied (foot), Italian piede (foot), Latin pes (foot), Latvian pēda, Lithuanian pėdės, Portuguese pé (foot), Spanish pie (foot).


formiga

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


rese

reses (plural)
arrese (alternative)
arresi (alternative)

From Latin res (“thing, affair”). Cf. Spanish res (“head of cattle”).


ampulla

ampullas (plural)
amprulla (alternative)

Borrowed from Latin ampulla, derived from amphora.


abati

head

abati m (plural abatis, feminine badessa)

From Italian abate, from Late Latin abbās, abbātem, from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς (abbâs), from Aramaic אבא (’abbā, “father”). Compare Logudorese abate.


boxi

From Latin vōcem, accusative form of vōx, from Proto-Italic *wōks, from Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs (“voice”, “speech”).

inh

Cuddas boxis chi si faint cun d' una sola abertura de bucca […] si nanta boxis simplis

1842, Giuanni Rossi, “Introduzioni”, in Elementus de gramatica de su dialettu sardu meridionali e de sa lingua italiana, Casteddu: Stamperia de Antoni Timon, section 2, page 5:

Those utterances made with a single opening of the mouth are called simple utterances


rughe

rughes (plural)
grughe (alternative)
cruche (alternative)
gruxi (alternative Campidanese)
ruxi (alternative Campidanese)


calche

calches (plural)
carche (alternative)
carci (alternative)


foche

foches (plural)
foghe (alternative Logudorese)
foxi (alternative Campidanese)

From Latin fōcem, early monophthongized variant of faucem.


sutta

From Spanish sota, from Catalan sota, from Vulgar Latin *subta, from Latin subtus.

(Logudorese, Campidanese, card games) jack, knave


ànima

From Latin anima, derived from animus (“mind, soul”).


arna

arnas (plural)
arnia (alternative)
arrana (alternative)
arrina (alternative)
arrala (alternative)
arrentza (alternative)
arrenza (alternative)
rentza (alternative)

Cognate with Catalan arna and Occitan arna.


ursu

Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *orssos
Latin ursus
Sardinian ursu
Inherited from Latin ursus, from Proto-Italic *orssos.


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.


giara

Paleo-Sardinian language
Semitic languages

Unclear. Either part of the alleged Nuragic substrate, or from a Semitic language. Compare Hebrew יַעַר (yaʿar, “forest, woods”).

unk

Unclear


pedra

From Latin petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra).


paghe

paghes (plural)
pache (alternative Nuorese)
paxi (alternative Campidanese)

From Latin pācem, accusative of pāx (“peace”).


benuju

(Logudorese) alternative form of ghenucru


bonu

From Latin bonus, from Old Latin duenos, later duonus, from Proto-Italic *dwenos.


sustantivu

Borrowed from Italian sostantivo, from Latin substantīvus (“self-existent”).


albu

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

alvu (alternative)
arbu (alternative)
arvu (alternative)


voghe

voghes (plural)
boche (alternative Nuorese)
voche (alternative Nuorese)
boghe (alternative Logudorese)
boxi (alternative Campidanese)

From Latin vōcem, accusative form of vōx.


boe

boes (plural)
foe (alternative)
voe (alternative)
boi (alternative Campidanese)

From Latin bōs (“cow, bull”). Compare Italian bue.


domu

From Latin domus (“house”), from Proto-Italic *domos, from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm, derived from the root *dem- (“to build”).


nuche

nuches (plural)
nughe (alternative Logudorese)
nuxi (alternative Campidanese)


veranu

From Vulgar Latin *veranum, from Latin vēr (“spring”), from earlier *veror, from Proto-Italic *wezor, from Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥ (“spring”).


coa

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

Sa mama si ponet in coa su fizu, ei su fizu si ponet coa de sa mama.

The mother takes her son on her lap, and her son sits on his mother's lap.


coza

cozas (plural)
colla (alternative Campidanese)

From Vulgar Latin *cōlea n pl, from Latin cōleus m sg.


persiga

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


fache

From Old Sardinian fache "face", from Latin faciem. In its original sense, generally supplanted in Logudorese and Nuorese by the Italian borrowing faccia and the Spanish borrowing cara.


arruga

erugas (plural)
eruga (alternative)
ruga (alternative)
berruca (alternative)
ferruga (alternative)
orruca (alternative)
verruga (alternative)
rugaruga (alternative)


obus

work (of art, litarature...), deed, accomplishment


sero

From Latin sērō adverb form of sērus (“late”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-ro-. Compare Italian sera, French soir, Venetan séra, Friulian sere, Sicilian sira, Romanian seară, Romansch saira.


nuraghe

Unknown. Perhaps of pre-Nuragic substrate origin.

Sos nuraghes s'agatant solamente in Sardigna.

nuraghe (type of megalithic building in Sardinia)


agustu

From Vulgar Latin agustus, from Latin augustus.


jocu

jocos (plural)
giogu (alternative)
giocu (alternative)
jogu (alternative)

From Latin jocus, iocus. Compare Occitan jòc, Catalan joc, French jeu, Portuguese jogo, Spanish juego, Sicilian jocu, Italian gioco.


cruche

cruches (plural)
rughe (alternative)
grughe (alternative)
gruxi (alternative)
ruxi (alternative)


cochina

cochinas (plural)
cuchina (alternative Nuorese)
coghina (alternative Logudorese)


eruga

erugas (plural)
ruga (alternative)
berruca (alternative)
arruga (alternative)
ferruga (alternative)
orruca (alternative)
verruga (alternative)
rugaruga (alternative)


boghe

boghes (plural)
voche (alternative Nuorese)
boche (alternative Nuorese)
boxi (alternative Campidanese)


carre

carres (plural)
carne (alternative)
carri (alternative)

From Latin carnem, accusative form of carō (“flesh”, “meat”), from Proto-Italic *karō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off”).


boche

boches (plural)
voche (alternative Nuorese)
boghe (alternative Logudorese)
boxi (alternative Campidanese)


peus

From Latin peius, neuter of peior, comparative degree of malus (“bad”).


fetu

fetos (plural)
etu (alternative Nuorese)
fedu (alternative Campidanese Logudorese)


iscola

From Latin schola, from Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ).


piseddu

Most likely from Latin pisinnus (“kid, boy”) with suffix -eddu from Latin -ellus replacing the -innus ending.


nive

(Nuorese) alternative form of nibe (“snow”)


sidis

From the nominative of Latin sitis (“thirst”), with a change in gender from feminine to masculine.


birde

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


gustu

From Latin gustus (“tasting”), from Proto-Italic *gustus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus.


cantu

From Latin cantus (“song; chant”), from the perfect passive participle of canō (“I sing”).


frade

From Latin frāter, from Proto-Italic *frātēr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.


chinisa

From Vulgar Latin *cinisia, from Latin cinis.


frunza

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


frunza

Deverbal from Campidanese frunziri (“to crease, wrinkle”), the use of which expanded to Logudorese.

noncog

(Campidanese, Logudorese) wrinkle; ruche


zente

zentes (plural)
gente (alternative)
genti (alternative Campidanese)

Borrowed from Italian gente, from Latin gens.


orbace

From Arabic الْبَزّ (al-bazz, “cloth”), perhaps via Old Italian albace, albagio. Compare Logudorese arvatze, and Campidanese orbaci.

obrache (alternative)
arvatze (alternative)


orbaci

→ Italian: orbace

From Arabic الْبَزّ (al-bazz, “cloth”), perhaps via Old Italian albace, albagio. Compare Logudorese arvatze (archaic albache), and Nuorese orbace.

obraci (alternative)
orbaxi (alternative)
orbraxi (alternative)
arbaci (alternative)
abraxi (alternative)


puliche

puliches (plural)
pulighe (alternative Logudorese)
pulixi (alternative Campidanese)

From Latin pūlicem, accusative singular of pūlex.


saliche

saliches (plural)
salighe (alternative)
salixi (alternative Campidanese)
sabixi (alternative Campidanese)
saxili (alternative Campidanese)
saxibi (alternative Campidanese)

From Latin salix, from Proto-Indo-European *sl̥H-ik- (“willow”).


voche

voches (plural)
boche (alternative)
boghe (alternative)
boxi (alternative)

From Latin vōcem, accusative form of vōx.


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)


carru

From Latin carrus, from Gaulish *karros, from Proto-Celtic *karros, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós (“vehicle”), derived from the root *ḱers- (“to run”).


sassaresu

sassaresu m (plural sassaresus, feminine sassaresa)

sassaresus (plural)
sassaresa (feminine)

Sassarese (male native or inhabitant of Sassari)

(uncountable) Sassarese (Romance language)


chima

From Latin cȳma, from Ancient Greek κῦμα (kûma).


ogru

ogros (plural)
ocru (alternative)
oju (alternative)
ogu (alternative Campidanese)

From earlier *oclu, from Vulgar Latin oclus, from Latin oculus. Compare Italian occhio.


eni

Possibly related to Albanian enjë (“yew”).

Taxus baccata
Taxus baccata#Translingual


pulpu

pulpos (plural)
pruppu (alternative Campidanese)

From Latin polypus, from Ancient Greek πολύπους (polúpous).


petta

Compare with Italian pezzo ("piece, chunk"), from Latin pettia ("piece, portion"). Consider the similar derivation of Latin caro ("meat"), from Proto-Italic *karō ("portion, meat"), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ("cut").

pecia (alternative)
pessa (alternative)
peta (alternative)
petza (alternative)


piche

piches (plural)
pighe (alternative Logudorese)
pixi (alternative Campidanese)

From Latin pix, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pī́ts (“pitch; resin”). Compare Italian pece, French poix, Spanish pez.


teju

From Latin taedium (“boredom, disgust”).


tzitade

tzitades (plural)
çitadi (alternative archaic)
citadi (alternative Campidanese)
citade (alternative Logudorese Nuorese)


pulighe

pulighes (plural)
puliche (alternative Nuorese)
pulixi (alternative Campidanese)


isteddu

With a shift in gender, from Latin stēlla, from Proto-Italic *stērolā, a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr, derived from the root *h₂eh₁s- (“to burn”).


nuve

nuves (plural)
nue (alternative)
nube (alternative)


didu

didos (plural)
dighitu (alternative)
dighidu (alternative)

From Latin digitus, from Proto-Indo-European *deyǵ- (“to show, point out, pronounce solemnly”).


sorre

From Latin soror, from Proto-Italic *swezōr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr. Possibly an analogical form based on the plural sorres (from Latin sorōrēs via haplology), a form already attested in Latin inscriptions from North Africa.


suile

>? Sassarese: (dialectal) suili

Derived from Classical Latin suīle (“pigsty”), derived from sūs (“pig”) + -īle (suffix denoting enclosures for animals). Compare Nuorese subile.


achina

achinas (plural)
aghina (alternative)
axina (alternative)

From Late Latin acina, from Latin acinus.

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


mannu

Inherited from Latin magnus, from Proto-Italic *magnos, from Proto-Indo-European *m̥ǵh₂nós.


gherra

From Catalan guerra, from Medieval Latin guerra, borrowed from Frankish *werru (“confusion; quarrel”).


istratzu

From Italian straccio (“rag, duster”), from the verb stracciare (“to tear or rip up”).


galileu

galiléu (canonical masculine)
garuleu (alternative)
galureu (alternative)

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


pejus

From Latin peius, neuter of peior, comparative degree of malus (“bad”).


mùsica

mùsiga (alternative)
mùsega (alternative)


chiu

chios (plural)
chibu (alternative Nuorese)
chivu (alternative Nuorese)
ciu (alternative Campidanese)


chizu

chizos (plural)
cillu (alternative Campidanese)


ruju

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


jerru

iernu (alternative)
ivernu (alternative)
ibernu (alternative)
iverru (alternative)
iberru (alternative)


iliche

iliches (plural)
ilighe (alternative)
eliche (alternative)
elighe (alternative)


bentana

alternative spelling of ventana (“window”)


oju

ojos (plural)
ocru (alternative)
ogru (alternative)
ogu (alternative Campidanese)

From earlier *oclu, from Vulgar Latin oclus, from Latin oculus. Compare Italian occhio.


pache

paches (plural)
paghe (alternative Logudorese)
paxi (alternative Campidanese)

From Latin pācem, accusative of pāx (“peace”).


carba

Of unknown origin. Possibly belonging to the alleged Nuragic substrate. According to Pittau (2013), it should be connected to Asturian carba (“brushwood”), garbu, gárabu (“small branch”), Basque garbasta, garbazta (“pole with branches”). Compare also Galician carba (“oak stump”).

unk

unknown


ischire

Inherited from Latin scīre. Compare Romanian ști.

No importat pius su ischire, importat pius su faghere.

It's not the knowing that matters most, the doing matters most.


faghidore

head

faghidore m (plural faghidores, feminine faghidora)

faghidores (plural)
faghidora (feminine)

From fàghere (“to do; make”) + -idore (agentive suffix).

af

faghidore de cestas


faghidora

female equivalent of faghidore (“maker”)


faeddada

Derived from faeddare (“to talk, speak”).

A sa prima faeddada ti sego sas barras a ciaffos.

At the first word I'll break your jaw with slaps.

Sa faeddada de su sindigu est istada cummovente.


faeddu

faeddos (plural)
fabeddu (alternative)
faveddu (alternative)
foeddu (alternative)

Probably derived from faeddare (“to speak, talk”).

Est unu faeddu chi no devias narrere.

faeddu pro faeddu

su faeddu sardu

No li restat sinò su faeddu.

Nothing is left to him except his speech.


limbazu

(Logudorese) alternative form of limbàgiu


dulche

From Latin dulcem, accusative of dulcis (“sweet”).

A cussu pitzocu li praghent tropu sos dulches.

(Logudorese) dessert, sweet (food eaten for dessert)


sambene

sambenes (plural)
sambine (alternative)
sanguini (alternative)

From Latin sanguinem. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sh₂én-, oblique stem of *h₁ésh₂r̥ (“blood”).

Animales de sàmbene caente


tataresu

head

tataresu m (plural tataresos, feminine tataresa)

Sos abitantes de Tàtari si narant tataresos.

The inhabitants of Sassari are called Sassarese.

Deo isco faeddare su tataresu.


tzitadinu

tzitadinu m (plural tzitadinos, feminine tzitadina)

tzitadinos (plural)
tzitadina (feminine)
citadinu (alternative)

Borrowed from Italian cittadino. Synchronically tzitade + -inu.


casteddu

From Latin castellum, diminutive of castrum (“fort”).


casteddanu

From Latin castellānus, derived from castellum (“castle”).


chelu

From Latin caelum, from Proto-Italic *kailom, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂ilom (“whole”).


lughe

lughes (plural)
luche (alternative)
luxi (alternative Campidanese)

From Latin lūcem, accusative singular of lūx, from Proto-Italic *louks (accusative *loukem), from the Proto-Indo-European *léwks, derived from the root *lewk- (“white; light; bright”). Cognates include Italian luce and Spanish luz.

sa lughe de su sole

No li funtzionant bene sas lughes.

domo de otto lughes


lughente

lughentes (plural)
luchente (alternative)

From Latin lūcentem, non-neuter accusative singular form of lūcēns, present active participle of lūceō (“I shine”).

At duos lughentes bonos.


òmine

òmines (plural)
omini (alternative Campidanese)

From Latin hominem, accusative singular of homō, from Old Latin hemō, from Proto-Italic *hemō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰm̥mṓ (“earthling”).


maridu

From Latin marītus, derived from mās (“male”).


gurteddu

gurteddos (plural)
culteddu (alternative)
boltedhu (alternative)
bultedhu (alternative)
burtedhu (alternative)
bustedhu (alternative)
ortedhu (alternative)
gurtedhu (alternative)
gutedhu (alternative)

From Latin cultellus (“small knife, dagger”), diminutive of culter (“knife”).


durche

A cussu pitzocu li praghent tropu sos durches.


tzucaru

(uncountable) sugar (sucrose in the form of small crystals)

sugar (any of various small carbohydrates)


paràula

paràulas (plural)
paràgula (alternative Logudorese)
peràula (alternative Nuorese)

From Vulgar Latin *paraula, from Late Latin, from Latin parabola (“comparison; parable”), from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ, “comparison; parable”).

der

Is paraulas cumpostas de una sola boxi si narant monosillabas

1842, Giuanni Rossi, “Introduzioni”, in Elementus de gramatica de su dialettu sardu meridionali e de sa lingua italiana, Casteddu: Stamperia de Antoni Timon, section 3, page 5:

The words made from a single utterance are called monosyllabic

(Logudorese, Nuorese, Campidanese, Limba Sarda Comuna) word


tziu

From Late Latin thius, from Ancient Greek θεῖος (theîos). Cognate with Sicilian ziu, Italian zio, Portuguese tio and Spanish tío.

(Limba Sarda Comuna) uncle (male relative)


tzia

(Limba Sarda Comuna) aunt (female relative)


giaju

From Spanish yayo (“grandpa, pops”), or from a masculinized form of Greek γιαγιά (giagiá, “grandmother”).


vacantzia

vacantzias (plural)
vacantza (alternative)
bacantzia (alternative)
bagansa (alternative)
bagantza (alternative)
begantza (alternative)


mugere

From Latin mulierem, accusative of mulier (“woman; wife”), derived from mollior, comparative of mollis (“soft, tender”).


giaja

From Spanish yaya (“grandma”), or from Greek γιαγιά (giagiá, “grandmother”).


ebba

ebbas (plural)
ègua (alternative Campidanese)

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Inherited from Latin equa, feminine form of equus (“horse”).


limbàgiu

limbàgios (plural)
limbazu (alternative Logudorese)

language (ability to communicate using words)

language (body of words used as a form of communication)


atzargiu

From Late Latin aciārium, derived from Latin aciēs (“sharp point”). Cognates include Friulian açâr, Galician aceiro, Italian acciaio and Spanish acero.


preju

From Italian pregio, from Latin pretium (“price, reward”), from Proto-Indo-European *preti- (“back”).

price (cost required to gain possession of something)


fruttu

From Latin fructus, itself from the verb fruor.

(rare in the plural, when the number is unspecified the collective form frutta is used instead of the plural) fruit (food)

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

(figuratively) fruit (offspring from a sexual union)


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.


forru

From Latin furnus, from Proto-Italic *fornos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰr̥-nós, from *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”).


ispada

ispadas (plural)
ispata (alternative)
spada (alternative)

From Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē, “any broad blade, of wood or metal”).


muzere

muzeres (plural)
mulleri (alternative Campidanese)


istadu

istados (plural)
istadus (plural)
stadu (alternative Campidanese)

From Latin status, perfect passive participle of sistō (“I set, place”).


cungedu

Borrowed from Italian congedo, from Old French congiet, from Latin commeātus (“leave of absence”).


nogumentu

Borrowed from Medieval Latin nocumentum, derived from Latin noceō (“I harm, damage”).


adecuamentu

adecuamentos (plural)
adeguamentu (alternative)

Borrowed from Italian adeguamento, and corresponding to adecuare + -mentu.


erbamédica

From Latin herba medica. Compare Italian erba medica.


fradile

[fɾä.ˈð̞iː.lɛ]


ghermanu

head

ghermanu m (plural ghermanos, feminine ghermana)


sorrastra

Derived from sorre (“sister”), with the suffix -astra.


bidrigu

(Logudorese, Limba Sarda Comuna) alternative form of vitricu (“stepfather”)


bidriga

From Vulgar Latin *vītrica, feminine of Latin vītricus (“stepfather”).


manneddu

Etymologically, a diminutive of mannu (“big; great; old”).


paladare

paladares (plural)
paladari (alternative Campidanese)

Ultimately from Vulgar Latin *palātārem, derived from Latin palātum. Borrowed via either Catalan or Spanish paladar.


nogia

Possibly from Lombardic knohha. Compare Italian nocca


nàrrere

With a change in conjugation, from Latin nārrāre, present infinitive of nārrō (“I narrate; I tell”), from earlier *nārō, from Proto-Italic *gnārāō (“I make known, I tell”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃ro-, derived from the root *ǵneh₃- (“to know”).


ghenugru

(Limba Sarda Comuna) alternative form of ghenucru


ispiritu

From Latin spīritus, derived from spīrō (“I breathe; I live”). Compare French esprit, Italian spirito and Spanish espíritu.


numene

nùmenes (plural)
nomene (alternative)
nomini (alternative Campidanese)

From Latin nōmen, from Proto-Italic *nomən, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”).


pronumene

pronùmenes (plural)
pronomene (alternative)

From Latin prōnōmen, derived from nōmen (“name”).


arangiu

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


chenabura

[kɛ.ˈnäː.β̞u.ɾä]

Either:
* derived from Latin cēna (“dinner”) + Hebrew פּוּרִים (Purím, “Purim, a Jewish festival”);
or:
* from Latin cēna pūra (literally “pure dinner”)


sindria

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


velenu

Sardinian: velenosu

Borrowed from Italian veleno, from Latin venēnum.

verenu (alternative)
vaneu (alternative)
felenu (alternative)
fereu (alternative)
fareu (alternative)
venenu (alternative)


frenu

From Latin frenum n. Cognates include Italian freno m, French frein m, Occitan fren m, Spanish freno m.


jaju

From Spanish yayo (“grandpa, pops”), or from a masculinized form of Greek γιαγιά (giagiá, “grandmother”).


paone

paone (plural)
poni (alternative Campidanese)


turru

Of unknown origin. Possibly belonging to the alleged Nuragic substrate. According to Pittau (2013), it should be compared to Latin tullius (“jet of water”), Spanish chorro (“flow”) and Basque txurru (“falling water”, onomatopoeic). To these, one could also add Etruscan 𐌕𐌖𐌋 (tul, “heavy rain”).

unk

unknown

cog

tzurru (alternative)
ciurru (alternative)


nibe

nibes (plural)
nive (alternative Nuorese)
nie (alternative Logudorese)
ni (alternative Campidanese)
nii (alternative Campidanese)
nia (alternative Campidanese)


butirru

Borrowed from Italian butirro, from Latin būtȳrum, from Ancient Greek βούτυρον (boúturon). The introduction of butter to the island is historically recent.


istajone

From Latin stātiōnem, the accusative singular of stātiō.


anzone

From a Vulgar Latin form *agniō, -ōnem, from Latin agnus (“lamb”) + -iō.


agnoni

From a Vulgar Latin form *agniō, -ōnem, derived from Classical Latin agnus (“lamb”).


saccaju

saccajos (plural)
saccàggiu (alternative Logudorese)

Semi-learned borrowing from Catalan sagal, from Spanish zagal, from Andalusian Arabic زغال (“young; brave”), from Classical Arabic زغلول (“boy”).


saccaju

saccajus (plural)
saccàggiu (alternative Logudorese)


saccaggiu

(Logudorese) alternative form of saccaju (“hogget”)


saccajoni

(Campidanese) synonym of saccaju (“hogget”)


istella

From Italian stella, from Latin stēlla, from Proto-Italic *stērolā, a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr, derived from the root *h₂eh₁s- (“to burn”).

(Logudorese, Nuorese) synonym of isteddu (“star”)


istrella

From Latin stēlla (possibly through Spanish estrella), from Proto-Italic *stērolā, a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr, derived from the root *h₂eh₁s- (“to burn”).

(Logudorese, archaic) synonym of isteddu (“star”)


streglia

From Spanish estrella, from Old Spanish estrella, from Latin stēlla, from Proto-Italic *stērolā, a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr, derived from the root *h₂eh₁s- (“to burn”).


steddu

With a shift in gender, from Latin stēlla, from Proto-Italic *stērolā, a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr, derived from the root *h₂eh₁s- (“to burn”).


cicònia

cicònias (plural)
cicogna (alternative)
tzicònnia (alternative)

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

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


cicònnia

cicònnias (plural)
cicogna (alternative)
tzicònnia (alternative)

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


tzicònnia

(Campidanese) alternative form of cicònnia

(Logudorese) alternative form of cicònia


cicona

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


tzicogna

tzicognas (plural)
ciconna (alternative)
tziconna (alternative)

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


tzappa

From Late Latin sappa, of uncertain origin.


tzappa

Probably a deverbal from tzappare (“to catch; to find”).


impreu

impreos (plural)
impreus (plural)
imprei (plural)
impleu (alternative Campidanese Logudorese Nuorese)


impleu

(Logudorese, Nuorese) alternative form of impreu (“job”)


impleu

(Campidanese) alternative form of impreu (“office, position”)


tzappu

With a shift in gender, from Late Latin sappa, of uncertain origin.

(Logudorese, Nuorese) hoe (agricultural tool)


istau

From Latin status, perfect passive participle of sistō (“I set, place”).


ospile

Of unknown origin. Hypothesized to be part of a Nuragic substrate. Often compared with Basque ospel (“shady, dark place”) or hozpil (“cool, fresh”).

unk

unknown

a place which is cool and shielded from the sun


golosti

golósti (canonical masculine)
golostis (plural)
golostri (alternative)
colostiu (alternative)
bolostru (alternative)

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


mogoro

mògoro (canonical)
mògula (alternative)
mògora (alternative)

Of unknown origin. Hypothesized to be part of a Nuragic substrate. Often compared with Basque mokor (“trunk; lump of earth”), but the semantics is dubious. Notice, however, that words having similar shapes are also found in the Balkans; compare Romanian măgură (“hill”), Albanian magulë (“heap”).

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


costiche

còstiche (canonical)
còstighe (alternative)

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

unknown


ocru

ocros (plural)
ogru (alternative)
oju (alternative)
ogu (alternative Campidanese)

From earlier *oclu, from Vulgar Latin oclus, from Latin oculus. Compare Italian occhio.


tzentru

tzentros (plural)
centru (alternative Campidanese Logudorese Nuorese)


tzidade

tzidades (plural)
tzitade (alternative)
cidadi (alternative Campidanese)

From Latin civītātem, accusative singular of civītās, derived from cīvis (“citizen”).


cherbeddu

cherbeddos (plural)
cherveddu (alternative)
cerveddu (alternative Campidanese)
cerbeddu (alternative Campidanese)

From Latin cerebellum, diminutive of cerebrum.


chervu

head

chervu m (plural chervos, feminine cherva)

chervos (plural)
cherva (feminine)
cherbu (alternative Nuorese)
crebu (alternative)
crefu (alternative)

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


cherva

chervas (plural)
cherba (alternative)
cerva (alternative)


chìmighe

chìmighes (plural)
chìnniche (alternative Nuorese)


chiriu

From Latin cereus (“waxy”), from cera (“wax”).


ghinghiva

ghinghivas (plural)
ghinghiba (alternative)
ghinghia (alternative)

[ɡiŋ.ˈɡiː.β̞ä]


ghelu

ghelos (plural)
belu (alternative)
gelu (alternative)


nughe

nughes (plural)
nuche (alternative Nuorese)
nuxi (alternative Campidanese)


bighinu

bighinu m (plural bighinos, feminine bighina, feminine plural bighinas)

bighinos (plural)
bighina (feminine)
bighinas (feminine plural)

alternative form of bichinu (“neighbour, neighbor”)


bichinu

bichinu m (plural bichinos, feminine bichina, feminine plural bichinas)

bichinos (plural)
bichina (feminine)
bichinas (feminine plural)
vichinu (alternative Nuorese)
bixinu (alternative Campidanese)
bighinu (alternative Logudorese)
vighinu (alternative Logudorese)


vighinu

vighinu m (plural vighinos, feminine vighina, feminine plural vighinas)

vighinos (plural)
vighina (feminine)
vighinas (feminine plural)


vichinu

vichinu m (plural vichinos, feminine vichina, feminine plural vichinas)

vichinos (plural)
vichina (feminine)
vichinas (feminine plural)


anghelu

anghelos (plural)
angelu (alternative Campidanese)

From Latin angelus, from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos).


arghentu

arghentos (plural)
argentu (alternative Campidanese)


Sa Chidade

alternative form of Sa Chitade (toponym)


Sa Chitade

From sa (“the”) + Late Latin cīvitātem (“city”).


sambine

sambines (plural)
sambene (alternative)
sanguini (alternative Campidanese)

From Latin sanguinem. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sh₂én-, oblique stem of *h₁ésh₂r̥ (“blood”).


ierru

iernu (alternative)
ivernu (alternative)
ibernu (alternative)
iverru (alternative)
iberru (alternative)


beranu

From Vulgar Latin *veranum, from Latin vēr (“spring”), from earlier *veror, from Proto-Italic *wezor, from Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥ (“spring”).


cussu

cussos (plural)
icussu (alternative)
icusse (alternative Nuorese)
cusse (alternative Nuorese)

Perhaps from Classical Latin cursus (“flow (of bodily fluids)”). Compare Central American and Mexican Spanish curso (“diarrhea”).


maghia

From Late Latin magia, from Ancient Greek μαγείᾱ (mageíā).


aghedu

aghedos (plural)
achetu (alternative)
achedu (alternative)
acedu (alternative)

From Latin acētum. Compare Italian aceto.


achetu

achetos (plural)
achedu (alternative)
aghedu (alternative)
acedu (alternative)


achedu

achedos (plural)
achetu (alternative)
aghedu (alternative)
acedu (alternative)


grughe

grughes (plural)
rughe (alternative)
cruche (alternative)
gruxi (alternative)
ruxi (alternative)


praghere

pragheres (plural)
prachere (alternative)
piaghere (alternative)
piachere (alternative)
praxiri (alternative Campidanese)
praxi (alternative Campidanese)

From earlier *plachere, from Latin placēre.


prachere

pracheres (plural)
praghere (alternative)
piaghere (alternative)
piachere (alternative)
praxiri (alternative Campidanese)
praxi (alternative Campidanese)


piaghere

piagheres (plural)
prachere (alternative)
praghere (alternative)
piachere (alternative)
praxiri (alternative Campidanese)
praxi (alternative Campidanese)

From earlier *plachere, from Latin placēre. Influenced by Italian piacere.


piachere

piacheres (plural)
praghere (alternative Nuorese)
prachere (alternative Nuorese)
praghere (alternative Logudorese)
piaghere (alternative Logudorese)
praxiri (alternative Campidanese)
praxi (alternative Campidanese)


falche

From Latin falx, falcem, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelk-, *dʰelg- (“a cutting tool”). Compare French faux, Italian falce, Catalan falç, Occitan fauç, Spanish hoz.


rádica

radicas (plural)
ráica (alternative)
ráiga (alternative)
arráiga (alternative)
raíga (alternative)

From Vulgar Latin *rādica (“root”), an analogical 'un-diminutive' of Latin rādīcula, a diminutive of rādīx (“root”). Compare Italian radica and Sicilian ràdica.


rubiu

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

ruju (alternative)
arrubiu (alternative)


pedde

peddes (plural)
peddi (alternative Campidanese)


pettus

From Latin pectus, from Proto-Italic *pektos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peg- (“breast”). Compare Catalan pit, Portuguese peito, Romanian piept, Spanish pecho.


pegus

pegos (plural)
pecus (alternative Nuorese)


poddiche

poddiches (plural)
poddighe (alternative Logudorese)

From Latin pollicem, accusative singular of pollex.


poddighe

poddighes (plural)
poddiche (alternative Nuorese)


intellighentzia

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intellighentzia f (plural intellighentzias)

intellighentzias (plural)
intelligentzia (alternative)


chisina

From Vulgar Latin *cinisia, from Latin cinis.


chibu

chibos (plural)
chivu (alternative Nuorese)
chiu (alternative Logudorese)
criu (alternative Logudorese)
cria (alternative Logudorese)
ciu (alternative)
giu (alternative)

Inherited from Latin cibus (“food”). Doublet of tzibu, a borrowing.


chingra

chingras (plural)
chingia (alternative)
chinia (alternative)
cingra (alternative)

From earlier *chingla, from Vulgar Latin *cingla, syncopated form of Late Latin cingula, from the plural of Latin cingulum.


chintorzu

chintorzos (plural)
chintoriu (alternative)
chintorgiu (alternative)
chintoria (alternative)
chintorza (alternative)
chintorgia (alternative)
cintorgiu (alternative)


chintoriu

chintorios (plural)
chintorzu (alternative)
chintorgiu (alternative)
chintoria (alternative)
chintorza (alternative)
chintorgia (alternative)
cintorgiu (alternative)


chintula

chintulas (plural)
chintura (alternative)
cintura (alternative Campidanese)

From Vulgar Latin *cinctula, from Latin cingere (“gird”) + -ula (“feminine diminutive suffix”). Compare Italian cintola.


chigher

chigheres (plural)
chighere (alternative Logudorese)
cixiri (alternative Campidanese)
chicher (alternative Nuorese)
chichere (alternative Nuorese)

[ˈkiː.ɣɛ.ɾɛ̆]

From Latin cicer, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱiḱer- (“pea”).


chighere

chigheres (plural)
chigher (alternative Logudorese)
cixiri (alternative Campidanese)
chicher (alternative Nuorese)
chichere (alternative Nuorese)

[ˈkiː.ɣɛ.ɾɛ̆]


chicher

chicheres (plural)
chigher (alternative Logudorese)
chighere (alternative Logudorese)
cixiri (alternative Campidanese)
chichere (alternative Nuorese)


nomene

nomenes (plural)
nomen (alternative)
nùmene (alternative)
lumen (alternative)
lùmene (alternative)
lùmine (alternative)
nomes (alternative)
nòmini (alternative Campidanese)
lòmini (alternative Campidanese)

Inherited from Latin nōmen, from Proto-Italic *nomən, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”).


cabaddu

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cabaddu m (plural cabaddos, feminine ebba)

cabaddos (plural)
ebba (feminine)
cavaddu (alternative)
covaddu (alternative)
caaddu (alternative)
caddu (alternative)
caddu (alternative)
cuaddu (alternative)

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


unchinu

unchinos (plural)
uncinu (alternative Campidanese)


matriche

matriches (plural)
madrighe (alternative)


madrighe

madrighes (plural)
matriche (alternative)


judiche

judiche m or f (masculine and feminine plural judiches)

judiches (feminine masculine plural)
judighe (alternative)
giudighe (alternative)

From Latin iūdicem, jūdicem, accusative form of iūdex.

(history) A monarch of a medieval kingdom in Sardinia.


judighe

judighe m or f (masculine and feminine plural judighes)

judighes (feminine masculine plural)
judiche (alternative)
giudighe (alternative)


giudighe

giudighe m or f (masculine and feminine plural giudighes)

giudighes (feminine masculine plural)
judiche (alternative)
judighe (alternative)


medichina

medichinas (plural)
meichina (alternative Nuorese)
meighina (alternative Logudorese)


meighina

medighinas (plural)
medichina (alternative Nuorese)


radichina

radichinas (plural)
radighina (alternative)


furru

From Latin furnus, from Proto-Italic *fornos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰr̥-nós, from *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”).


fizu

fizos (plural)
izu (alternative)
fillu (alternative)


cheresia

cheresias (plural)
cherasia (alternative)
cheriasa (alternative)
cherasa (alternative)
cerexa (alternative)
cerexia (alternative)
ciarexia (alternative)

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.


fràgula

fràgulas (plural)
fràula (alternative Campidanese)
fràvula (alternative Campidanese)
fràula (alternative Logudorese Nuorese)


conigliu

coniglios (plural)
conillu (alternative Campidanese)
cunillu (alternative Campidanese)
cunigliu (alternative)

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


petza

petzas (plural)
pètta (alternative)
petha (alternative)

From Late Latin pettia (“portion, piece”). Compare Romanian piță (“meat”).


sòrighe

sorighes (plural)
soriche (alternative Nuorese)
sorigi (alternative Campidanese)


soriche

soriches (plural)
sorighe (alternative Logudorese)
sorigi (alternative Campidanese)


ozu

ozos (plural)
oçu (alternative archaic)
ogiu (alternative archaic)
ollu (alternative Campidanese)
oggiu (alternative Campidanese)
ogliu (alternative Campidanese)


aghina

aghinas (plural)
achina (alternative)
axina (alternative)

From Late Latin acina, from Latin acinus.

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


pighe

pighes (plural)
piche (alternative Nuorese)
pixi (alternative Campidanese)

From Latin pix, picem, from Proto-Indo-European *pik- (“resin”). Compare Italian pece, French poix, Spanish pez.


ghenucru

ghenucros (plural)
ghenugru (alternative Limba-Sarda-Comuna)
benuju (alternative Logudorese)
brenugu (alternative Logudorese)
bronusciu (alternative Logudorese)
genugu (alternative Logudorese)
genuju (alternative Logudorese)
genugu (alternative Campidanese)
ginugu (alternative Campidanese)
gianugu (alternative Campidanese)
giunugu (alternative Campidanese)
xenugiu (alternative Campidanese)
benucru (alternative Nuorese)
brinucu (alternative Nuorese)
brenucu (alternative Nuorese)
enucru (alternative Nuorese)
grenucu (alternative Nuorese)
fenucru (alternative Nuorese)
drenucu (alternative Nuorese)
denucru (alternative Nuorese)
enugru (alternative Nuorese)
inugliu (alternative Nuorese)
zenuju (alternative Nuorese)

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


crae

craes (plural)
crai (alternative Campidanese)
giae (alternative Logudorese)
clave (alternative)


giogu

giogos (plural)
jogu (alternative)
giocu (alternative)
jocu (alternative)

From Latin jocus, iocus. Compare Occitan jòc, Catalan joc, French jeu, Portuguese jogo, Spanish juego, Sicilian jocu, Italian gioco.


jogu

jogos (plural)
giogu (alternative)
giocu (alternative)
jocu (alternative)


giocu

giocos (plural)
giogu (alternative)
jogu (alternative)
jocu (alternative)


àcua

From Latin aqua. Compare Logudorese abba, Romanian apă.


chibudda

chibuddas (plural)
cibudda (alternative Campidanese)
acchipudda (alternative Nuorese)
chipudda (alternative Nuorese)
cipudda (alternative Nuorese)
tziodda (alternative)


achedda

acheddas (plural)
acedda (alternative Campidanese)

From Latin aucella, contraction of avicella, diminutive of Latin avicula, itself a diminutive of Latin avis, from Proto-Italic *awis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis. Compare Corsican acellu m.


chircu

chircos (plural)
circu (alternative Campidanese)

Inherited from Latin circus, or perhaps circulus via a stage */ˈkirkru/, with subsequent loss of one /r/ via dissimilation.


chicula

chiculas (plural)
chichela (alternative Nuorese)
chichera (alternative Nuorese)
chigula (alternative Logudorese)
chigala (alternative Logudorese)
chigua (alternative Logudorese)
crigra (alternative Logudorese)
cigula (alternative Campidanese)

Modified from Early Medieval Latin cicāla, from Latin cicāda.


filighe

filighes (plural)
filiche (alternative)
iliche (alternative)
filixi (alternative)
fibixi (alternative)
fixibi (alternative)

From Latin filicem, accusative singular of filix.


salighe

salighes (plural)
saliche (alternative Nuorese)
salixi (alternative Campidanese)
sabixi (alternative Campidanese)
saxili (alternative Campidanese)
saxibi (alternative Campidanese)

From Latin salix, from Proto-Indo-European *sl̥H-ik- (“willow”).


berbeche

berbeches (plural)
barveghe (alternative)
arveghe (alternative)
barbeghe (alternative)
barbeghe (alternative)
berbeghe (alternative)
berveghe (alternative)
erveghe (alternative)
ilveghe (alternative)
barbei (alternative)
brabei (alternative)
brebei (alternative)
brobei (alternative)
erbei (alternative)
arbei (alternative)
ebrei (alternative)
berveche (alternative)
erveche (alternative)
verveche (alternative)

[bɛɾ.ˈβ̞ɛː.kɛ]

From Latin vervēx (“wether”). Compare Italian berbice, French brebis, Romanian berbec.


berbeghe

berbeghes (plural)
berbeche (alternative)
brebei (alternative)

From Late Latin berbēx, berbēcem, from Latin vervēx (“wether”). Compare Italian berbice, French brebis, Romanian berbec.


calighe

calighes (plural)
caliche (alternative)
calixi (alternative)

From Latin calix, calicem, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek κύλιξ (kúlix).


calchina

calchinas (plural)
calcina (alternative)

From Vulgar Latin *calcīna, from Latin calx.


furraghe

furraghes (plural)
furnache (alternative)
furnaghe (alternative)
furrache (alternative)

From Latin furnācem, accusative singular of furnāx, alternative form of fornāx.


tamariche

tamariches (plural)
tamarighe (alternative)


tamarighe

tamarighes (plural)
tamariche (alternative)


dentiche

dentiches (plural)
dentighe (alternative)
dentixi (alternative)

From Latin denticem, accusative of dentex.


dentighe

dentighes (plural)
dentiche (alternative)
dentixi (alternative)


anchidda

anchiddas (plural)
anchilla (alternative)
ancidda (alternative Campidanese)


anchilla

anchillas (plural)
anchidda (alternative)
ancidda (alternative Campidanese)


pentuma

péntuma (canonical feminine)
pérruma (alternative)
péntumu (alternative)

Of unclear origin.
Either from a highly irregular development of the unattested Vulgar Latin *fendita, past participle of Latin findō (“I cleave”), or belonging to the alleged Nuragic substrate. Compare also Etruscan 𐌐𐌄𐌍𐌈𐌍𐌀 (penθna), 𐌐𐌄𐌍𐌈𐌖𐌍𐌀 (penθuna, “cippus, stele”).

unk

unclear


migia

migias (plural)
mitza (alternative)
miza (alternative)

From Vulgar Latin *mītia, an analogical feminine form of Latin mītior. Compare Italian mezzo (“drenched”).


tzichiria

tzichirìas (plural)
sichiria (alternative)
tzicchiria (alternative)

Borrowed from Punic. Compare Hebrew שֵׁכָר (šēḵār).

cog

Hebrew שֵׁכָר (šēḵār)

Anethum graveolens
Anethum graveolens#Translingual

(botany) dill, aneth (Anethum graveolens)


ghiddostre

ghiddostres (plural)
ghiddostra (alternative)
ghiddostru (alternative)
chiddostre (alternative)
iddostre (alternative)

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

unk

unknown


arremattu

Derived from Spanish remate (“mercy killing; culmination; end”).


futiventu

Falco tinnunculus
Falco tinnunculus#Translingual


curcuvica

cucurvica (plural)
corcoriga (alternative Logudorese)
coscoriga (alternative Logudorese)
croccoriga (alternative Logudorese)
corcorija (alternative Logudorese)
curcuriga (alternative Logudorese)
curcufrica (alternative Nuorese)
curcufica (alternative Nuorese)
corcofica (alternative Nuorese)
corcoricra (alternative Nuorese)
corcovica (alternative Nuorese)
corcovicu (alternative Nuorese)
croccoriga (alternative Campidanese)
croccorighedda (alternative Campidanese)
corcoriga (alternative Campidanese)
cruccuiga (alternative Campidanese)
cruccuriga (alternative Campidanese)

From Vulgar Latin *cucurbicla, from an older *cucurbitula (via syncope of /-ula/ to /-la/ and regular replacement of /tl/ with /kl/, as in vetulus > veclus), from Latin cucurbita (“gourd”) + -ula (diminutive ending). Subsequently /l/ changed to /r/ and underwent variable metathesis or deletion on account of the other /r/ in the word. The /f/ found in certain Nuorese variants is likely due to analogy with fica (“fig”).


lesorja

lesorjas (plural)
resorza (alternative)
resoja (alternative)
rasogia (alternative)
arrasoa (alternative)
arrasoe (alternative)
arrasoja (alternative)
arresoja (alternative)
arresòrgia (alternative)
arresorja (alternative)
arresorza (alternative)
erresoa (alternative)
orrosoa (alternative)
rasoja (alternative)
lesòrgia (alternative)
resòglia (alternative)
resolza (alternative)
resòrgia (alternative)
risoza (alternative)
lesorza (alternative)
arresoi (alternative)

From Vulgar Latin *rāsōria, from the plural of Late Latin rāsōrium (reinterpreted as a feminine singular noun).


sughe

sughes (plural)
suve (alternative)
sube (alternative)
suva (alternative)
sue (alternative Logudorese)

From Latin sus, with the /ɡ/ likely taken from sugō (“suck”).


chersa

Traditionally thought to derive from Latin celsus (“lofty”) (via the feminine celsa), but Wagner considers it more likely to be a word of pre-Roman origin.

chessone

lentisc grove, often for sheltering sheep


famìlia

famìlias (plural)
famìglia (alternative)


asulu

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”)


belchiddesu

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belchiddesu m (plural belchiddesos, feminine belchiddesa)

belchiddesos (plural)
belchiddesa (feminine)
belchiddhesu (alternative)
belchiddhesa (alternative)


mincra

From Vulgar Latin *mintula, from Classical Latin mentula.


ramene

From Vulgar Latin *arāmen, variant of Late Latin aerāmen, derived from Latin aer-.

ramine (alternative)
arramene (alternative)
arramene (alternative)
rammene (alternative)
arramini (alternative)


lumene

lumenes (plural)
allumene (alternative)
lumini (alternative)


sartaghine

sartaghines (plural)
sartaghina (alternative)
sartaine (alternative)
sartaina (alternative)
sartania (alternative)
sattaina (alternative)


chischiza

chischizas (plural)
chirchiza (alternative)
chiscuza (alternative)
cuscuza (alternative)
curcuza (alternative)
chercuzu (alternative)

From Latin quisquilia (“riffraff, waste”).

(Logudorese, Nuorese) chaff, twigs, scraps (of wood, straw, etc.)


goddeju

goddejos (plural)
oddeu (alternative Campidanese Logudorese)
boddeju (alternative Campidanese)
boddeu (alternative Campidanese)
goddeu (alternative Nuorese)

From Latin collegium (“society, group of colleagues”).


colovra

colovras (plural)
colora (alternative Logudorese)
colovru (alternative Campidanese)
coloru (alternative Campidanese)

From Vulgar Latin *colŏbra, altered from Classical Latin colubra, feminine counterpart to coluber (“snake”), of uncertain origin.


tzaùrra

tzaùrras (plural)
tzéurra (alternative)
zéurra (alternative)
céurra (alternative)

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

cìpari (alternative)
tzìpari (alternative)
itzìpiri (alternative)

Salvia rosmarinus
Salvia rosmarinus#Translingual

Rosmarinus officinalis
Rosmarinus officinalis#Translingual

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


tzingòrra

tzingòrras (plural)
zangaurra (alternative)
zingòrra (alternative)

Of unknown origin.
Traditionally seen as a borrowing from Punic. Perhaps akin to Akkadian 𒉔𒄩 (NINDA₂×DIL^(KU₆) /zingurru, singurru/, “sp. of fish”), 𒍣𒅔𒄥𒊒 (zi-in-gur-ru /zingurru/). Compare also Classical Syriac ܙܓܪܐ (zāgrā, “large fish”), and Arabic زَجَر (zajar, “kind of large fish”).
Alternatively, a derivative of tzégu (“blind”), in the same way as Italian ceca (“young eel”, dialectal) comes from Latin caeca (“[the] blind [one]”).

unk

unknown


bentre

bentres (plural)
brente (alternative Nuorese)
frente (alternative Nuorese)
ventre (alternative Nuorese)
brenti (alternative Campidanese)
bentri (alternative Campidanese)

From Latin venter, with a change in gender.


sassaresa

(Campidanese) Sassarese (female native or inhabitant of Sassari)


gadduresu

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gadduresu m (plural gadduresos, feminine gadduresa)

gadduresos (plural)
gadduresa (feminine)
gaddulesu (alternative Logudorese)
baddulesu (alternative Logudorese)

Gallurese (male native or inhabitant of Gallura)


gadduresu

gadduresu m (plural gadduresus, feminine gadduresa)

gadduresus (plural)
gadduresa (feminine)
gaddulesu (alternative Logudorese)
baddulesu (alternative Logudorese)


gadduresa

Gallurese (female native or inhabitant of Gallura)


biaittu

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


azurru

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


càttedra

Likely a borrowing from Italian cattedra, from Latin cathedra (“armchair; pulpit”), from Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra).

desk (of a teacher, as opposed to a student's)

chair, professorship (teaching post in a university)


manzanu

manzanos (plural)
mangianu (alternative Campidanese)
mengianu (alternative Campidanese)

From Vulgar Latin *māneānum, derived from Latin māne.


ispinta

ispintas (plural)
spinta (alternative Campidanese)

From Vulgar Latin *expincta, feminine past participle of *expingere (“to shove”), whence Sardinian ispinghere.


teraccu

teraccos (plural)
ceraccu (alternative Nuorese)
tzeraccu (alternative Campidanese)

Unknown. Perhaps of pre-Nuragic origin. Compare Sassarese ziraccu.


arveghe

arveghes (plural)
barveghe (alternative)
barbeghe (alternative)
barbeghe (alternative)
berbeghe (alternative)
berveghe (alternative)
erveghe (alternative)
ilveghe (alternative)
barbei (alternative)
brabei (alternative)
brebei (alternative)
brobei (alternative)
erbei (alternative)
arbei (alternative)
ebrei (alternative)
berbeche (alternative)
berveche (alternative)
erveche (alternative)
verveche (alternative)

From Latin vervēx (“wether”), from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥h₁ḗn (“lamb”). Compare Italian berbice, French brebis, Romanian berbec.


nùmeru

nùmeros (plural)
numeru (alternative)
númeru (alternative)


puzone

puzones (plural)
pigione (alternative)
pilloni (alternative)

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pulliōnem, derived from Latin pullus.


fedu

(Logudorese, Campidanese) alternative form of fetu


vitricu

vitricos (plural)
bridicu (alternative Nuorese)
bidricu (alternative Nuorese)
birdicu (alternative Nuorese)
bitricu (alternative Nuorese)
virdicu (alternative Nuorese)
vriticu (alternative Nuorese)
fridicu (alternative Nuorese)
bidrigu (alternative Logudorese)
birdiu (alternative Campidanese)
bidriu (alternative Campidanese)


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”).


cozone

cozones (plural)
colloni (alternative Campidanese)
calloni (alternative Campidanese)

From Late Latin cōleōnem, derived from Latin cōleus.


bisonzu

bisonzos (plural)
bisongiu (alternative Campidanese)
bisunzu (alternative Nuorese)

Etymology tree
Frankish *bisunnijabor.
Vulgar Latin *bisonium
Italian bisognobor.
Sardinian bisonzu
Borrowed from Italian bisogno, with nativization of /-ɲ-/.


gremeddicu

gremeddicos (plural)
ameddigu (alternative Logudorese)
meddighe (alternative Logudorese)
ghermeddiche (alternative Nuorese)
cremeddicu (alternative Nuorese)
cremeddiche (alternative Nuorese)

From Vulgar Latin *gemellicum, from Latin gemellus. Variants ending in /e/ presumably influenced by frade (“brother”).


cavuru

càvuru (canonical masculine)
càvaru (alternative)
càvua (alternative)
càvunu (alternative)

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


cavaru

càvaru (canonical masculine)
càvaros (plural)


cherbu

head

cherbu m (plural cherbos, feminine cherba)

(Nuorese) alternative form of chervu (“deer; stag”)


cerbu

cervus (plural)
cerva (feminine)
crebu (alternative)
xrebru (alternative)
xebru (alternative)
xrebu (alternative)

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


crebu

(Nuorese) synonym of chervu (“deer; stag”)


crebu

(Campidanese) synonym of cerbu (“deer; stag”)


crefu

From a metathesis of chervu, cherbu, with devoicing of the intervocalic labial fricative.

(northern Logudorese) synonym of chervu (“deer; stag”)


xrebu

From a metathesis of cerbu, with deaffrication and voicing of the initial /t͡ʃ/.


xebru

Probably from a metathesis of xrebu, itself derived from a metathesis of cerbu.


xrebru

xrebru m (plural xrebrus, feminine xrebra)

Probably from a conflation of xrebu and xebru, both from a metathesis of cerbu.


cérbiu

cérbiu m (plural cérbius, feminine cérbia)

Likely from a Late Vulgar Latin *cervius, masculine equivalent of Late Latin cervia (“hind”), derived from Latin cervus (“deer”) (whence Campidanese cerbu).


arvatze

From Arabic الْبَزّ (al-bazz, “cloth”), perhaps via Old Italian albace, albagio. Compare Campidanese orbaci, and Nuorese orbace.


fròngia

From Late Latin frondia n pl, a collective noun derived from Classical Latin frondeus (“leafy”). Same source as Old Italian fronza (“leafy branch; green leaf of a wheat plant”), which might have influenced the quality of the stressed vowel (compare Logudorese frunza, with a closed stressed vowel).


bussica

bussicas (plural)
buscica (alternative Nuorese)
busica (alternative Nuorese)
busuca (alternative Logudorese)
piscica (alternative Logudorese)
pissuca (alternative Logudorese)
pisica (alternative Logudorese)
pissica (alternative Logudorese)
bucciuca (alternative Campidanese)
busciuca (alternative Campidanese)
bulluca (alternative Campidanese)
pisciuca (alternative Campidanese)

From Italian vescica, vessica and other Italo-Romance variants, from Latin vessīca, variant of vēsīca.
The Italian route of transmission is indicated by the absence, from Logudorese and Campidanese, of any variant with voiced /-ɡ-/.


isfrunza

Likely related to isvrunciare (“to whip; (figuratively) to reproach”) and frunza (“branch; rod; sprout”).


istunda

Of Germanic origin, compare Corsican stonda.


frùmene

frùmenes (plural)
grùmene (alternative Nuorese)
frùmini (alternative Campidanese)
flùmini (alternative Campidanese)
fiùmene (alternative Logudorese)
flùmene (alternative Logudorese)
frùmine (alternative Logudorese)

Inherited from Classical Latin flūmen (“river”).


fiùmene

(Logudorese) alternative form of frùmene (“river”)


frùmine

(northern Logudorese) alternative form of frùmene (“river”)


monzu

monzos (plural)
mongiu (alternative Campidanese)

Borrowed from Old Catalan monjo. Doublet of monacu, the native form.


monacu

monacos (plural)
manacu (alternative archaic)
manucu (alternative archaic)
monagu (alternative archaic)
monigu (alternative archaic)
managu (alternative archaic)

Archaic form inherited from Latin monachus. In modern Sardinian, revived in the form monacu thanks to Italian monaco. Doublet of monzu, which arrived via Catalan.


istade

Inherited from Latin aestās, aestātem (“summer”), from a reshaping of Proto-Italic *aissāts, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éydʰ-teh₂t-s, derived from the root *h₂eydʰ- (“to ignite; fire”). Compare Campidanese stadi.


istadiale

→ Sassarese: isthaddiari


maniposa

maniposas (plural)
mariposa (alternative)

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


mamaruga

mamarugas (plural)
mammaruga (alternative)
mamarucola (alternative)
mammarugola (alternative)


rugaruga

rugarugas (plural)
ruga (alternative)
eruga (alternative)
berruca (alternative)
arruga (alternative)
ferruga (alternative)
orruca (alternative)
verruga (alternative)
ruda (alternative)


babbautzu

babbois (plural)
babbaúciu (alternative)
babbautu (alternative)
pabbautzu (alternative)
babbaudhu (alternative)
babbaudu (alternative)


babboi

Compare Sardinian babbaliscu ("moth"), bubburincu ("parasite").


babballotti

babballottis (plural)
babballottu (alternative)
babbaloci (alternative)
babbaloti (alternative)
babbalotu (alternative)
babbilloti (alternative)
bibbilloti (alternative)
bobbolloti (alternative)


cerpiu

cerpios (plural)
serpia (alternative)
telpia (alternative)
tzarpia (alternative)
terpugiu (alternative)
terpusu (alternative)
tirpiuzu (alternative)
tripusu (alternative)
tzerpusu (alternative)
tzirpiliu (alternative)

Compare Sardinian tzerpellucu ("rascal").


tzerpellucu

tzerpellucos (plural)
serpellucu (alternative)

Compare Sardinian cerpiu ("insect"), and figurative use of regional variant Sardinian tzirpiliu ("insect, small child").


babbaliscu

babbaliscos (plural)
braballiscu (alternative)

Compare Sardinian babboi ("insect"), bubburincu ("parasite").


cabagasu

cabagasos (plural)
cagaragasu (alternative)
calacasu (alternative)
calagasu (alternative)
calancasu (alternative)
coagasu (alternative)
carravarina (alternative)


errebiu

errebios (plural)
arrabbiu (alternative)
erribiu (alternative)
irribiu (alternative)


arrabbiu

arrabbios (plural)
arrabiu (alternative)

Cognate with Italian rabbia ("rage, anger").


arrabbiu

Compare to Italian rabbia ("rage, anger").


belme

belmes (plural)
belmene (alternative)
belmu (alternative)
bemme (alternative)
berme (alternative)
breme (alternative)
bremi (alternative)
brèmini (alternative)
ferme (alternative)
verme (alternative)

From Latin vermem. Cognates include Italian verme, Spanish verme.


bubburincu

Compare Sardinian babboi ("insect"), babbaliscu ("moth").


tacatia

tacatias (plural)
tagadia (alternative)
tagadiu (alternative)
tecadia (alternative)
tecadiu (alternative)
tecatia (alternative)
tegadia (alternative)
tracatia (alternative)
tacaria (alternative)
tricatia (alternative)


tacatia

A plum that has not matured, or is shrunken, overly ripe.


fógiu

fógios (plural)
fógliu (alternative)
follu (alternative)
foxu (alternative)
fozu (alternative)

From Latin folium. Compare usage in Spanish hoja (“sheet, blade”), but more restricted use in Italian foglio (“sheet”)


màiga

màigas (plural)
mànica (alternative)
mangu (alternative)
màniga (alternative)
mànighe (alternative)
mànigu (alternative)

Appears to be a conflation of Early Medieval Latin manicus (“handle”) and Early Medieval Latin manica (“sleeve”), both ultimately deriving from Latin manus (“hand”). In the first case it would be cognate to Italian manico and Spanish mango, in the second case, Italian manica and Spanish manga.


mannuciu

mannucios (plural)
mannucru (alternative)
mannugia (alternative)
mannugru (alternative)
mannugu (alternative)
mannuja (alternative)
mannuju (alternative)
mannuju (alternative)
mannutzu (alternative)
manucru (alternative)
manugu (alternative)

From Late Latin manuculus (“handful”), from Latin manipulus. Related to Spanish manojo (“handful, bunch”).

handful (of grains or seeds collected in a harvest)


frustigalla

frustigallas (plural)
fustiga (alternative)
fustigalla (alternative)

Likely related to Latin fūstis (“stick, club”). Compare Italian fusto (“trunk, stem”) and Spanish fuste (“wood, stick”). Compare Romanian fuscel.


rasogia

rasogias (plural)
arrasoa (alternative)
arrasoe (alternative)
arrasoja (alternative)
arresoja (alternative)
arresòrgia (alternative)
arresorja (alternative)
arresorza (alternative)
erresoa (alternative)
orrosoa (alternative)
rasoja (alternative)
lesòrgia (alternative)
resòglia (alternative)
resoja (alternative)
resolza (alternative)
resòrgia (alternative)
resorza (alternative)
risoza (alternative)
lesorja (alternative)
lesorza (alternative)
arresoi (alternative)
arrasoju (alternative)

From Vulgar Latin *rāsōria, from the plural of Late Latin rāsōrium (reinterpreted as a feminine singular noun).


rennu

From Classical Latin rēgnum (“royal power; kingship”), derived from rēx (“king”).


leppore

leppores (plural)
leppere (alternative Logudorese)
leppuri (alternative Campidanese)
leppiri (alternative Campidanese)


fungupìssinu

From Latin fungus + Vulgar Latin *vissīna/-um.

fungupìsina (alternative Logudorese)
fungupìssiu (alternative Campidanese)


pìssina

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *vissīna/-um

inh+

pìsina (alternative)
pìxinu (alternative)
pùscina (alternative)
pùsina (alternative)


giovanu

sc-adj

giovanu (feminine singular giovana, masculine plural giovanos, feminine plural giovanas)

giovana (feminine singular)
giovanos (masculine plural)
giovanas (feminine plural)


gioventura

gioventuras (plural)
giuventura (alternative)
zoventura (alternative)


domìniga

domìnigas (plural)
domìnica (alternative Nuorese)
dumìnica (alternative Nuorese)
domìnigu (alternative Campidanese)
domingu (alternative Campidanese)

Inherited from Late Latin [diēs] Dominica (literally “day of the Lord”).


pabilu

pabílos (plural)
pibilu (alternative Campidanese)
pibillu (alternative Campidanese)


subile

With an epenthetic -b- (developed through influence from the rounded vowel -u-), from Classical Latin suīle (“pigsty”), derived from sūs (“pig”) + -īle (suffix denoting enclosures for animals). Compare Logudorese suile, dialectal Sassarese suili.


brèmmini

Inherited from Proto-Romance *verminem, from Latin vermis.


làdaru

làdarus (plural)
làdere (alternative)
làdini (alternative)
ladri (alternative)
làdrini (alternative)
làdriu (alternative)
làdiri (alternative)
lari (alternative)

Inherited from Latin later, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-.