abba

(dialectal) Alternative form of abi (“bee”)


vi

From Latin ibi (“there; then”), from Proto-Italic *iðei or *ifei with iambic shortening, from the pronominal stem Proto-Indo-European *éy.

Ma pa no ilcandalizzalli, vai a mari, e getta l’amu: e piglia lu primu pesciu, chi n’alzarà: e abbrendili la bocca v’hai a incuntrà un iltateri: pigliannilu, e paga pal me, e pal te.

1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter XVII, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew], London, translation of Il santo Vangelo di Gesù Cristo secondo Matteo (in Italian), verse 26, page 68:

But, so as to not cause them indignation, go to the sea, and cast the hook; and take the first fish that comes up; and, opening its mouth, there you will find a stater; take it, and pay for me, and for yourself.

Raramenti vi fàrani pizoni,
si sò abbramiddi, pa’ zirchà ricattu.

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Ulisse [Ulysses]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 51:

Birds seldom glide there, if they are hungry, to look for food.

Ma eddu rilpundendi, dizisi: No v’ andu. Ma poi, pintiddu, v’ andesi.

1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter XXI, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew], London, translation of Il santo Vangelo di Gesù Cristo secondo Matteo (in Italian), verse 29, page 84:

But he, answering, said: "I will not go there". But afterwards, regretful, he went there.


vi

E li dizisi: Viniddi dareddu a me, e vi aggiu a fà pilcadori d’ omini.

1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter IV, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew], London, translation of Il santo Vangelo di Gesù Cristo secondo Matteo (in Italian), verse 19, page 11:

And he said to them: "Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.

[…] un’oasi prupizia pa’ pudé / cu lu pientu annittavvi da li fàuri / chi vi sò già incighendi.

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Puisia [Poem]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 19:

A propitious oasis, so I can cleanse you with my tears from the lies that are already blinding you.

Abà vi diggu la veriddai

I'll tell you the truth now (literally, “Now to you I tell the truth”)

Palchì vi diggu in viriddai; finza chi passia lu zelu e la terra, no ha a vinì mancu un etti, o un puntu di la leggi finza chi tuttu si cumplia.

1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, translated by Giovanni Spano, L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew], London, translation of Il santo Vangelo di Gesù Cristo secondo Matteo (in Italian), verse 18, page 14:

for truly I say to you, until the heaven and the earth may pass away, one iota or one tittle may not pass away from the Law, until all may come to pass

no vi credu

I don't believe it (literally, “Not to it I believe”)


ad

Allora Gesù li dizisi: Andaddinni, Satana: palchì è ilcrittu: Hai a adurà lu Signori Deju toju, e ad eddu solu hai a silvì.

1866, “Cap. IV, 10 [Chapter 4, verse 10]”, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), London, translation of Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, page 10:

Then Jesus said to him: "Begone, Satan! For it is written "You shall adore the Lord your God, and Him alone you shall serve.""

Alternative form of a, found before a vowel


in

From Latin in, from earlier en, from Proto-Italic *en, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én (“in”).

Soggu in sigunda erementari

Canti seddi in crassi tóia?

Paràuri ischritti in rùiu

Fabeddàbani in sassaresu

In chissi dì poi vinisi Giuanni Battilta pridigghendi in lu diseltu di la Giudea

1866, chapter III, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), London, translation of Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, verse 1, page 7:

In those days, then came John the Baptist, preaching in the desert of Judaea

E s’ammenta di nommi immintigaddi,
un basgiu dazi a facci risurani,
chi più no li vidia che in sonni fei

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Puisia [Poetry]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others], Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 19:

And she remembers forgotten names, gives a kiss to smiling faces she would only see again in nightmares


i

From Latin ī (the name of the letter I).

The name of the Latin-script letter I/i.; i


i

Di la ziddài natiba i lu so’ cori
diricaddu una mamma s’ammintaba
ch’era verdhi e fiuridda che giardhinu.

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Un cuntaddu [A tale]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others], Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 47:

About the native town, in her delicate heart, a mother remembered it was as green and full of flowers as a garden.


mi

From Latin mē and, as an indirect object pronoun, possibly in part from mihi.

E ca no piglia la so’ crozi, e mi sighi, no è dignu di me.

1866, chapter X, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), London, translation of Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, verse 38, page 37:

And whoever doesn't take his own cross, and follow me, is not worthy of me.

Nisciunu mi cunsola
Nisciunu vibendi n’ha di me firizza

c. 19ᵗʰ century, anonymous author, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese, volume 1 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 4, page 69:

No one consoles me. No one alive is proud of me.

Cand’eri
giobanedda mi pugnì
cument’e mura mura.

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Femmina [Woman]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others], Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 21:

When you were young, you used to prickle me like a blackberry

Isciddu però lu silvidori incuntresi un altru silvidori cumpagnu soju, chi li dibia zentu dinà: e affarrenddilu l’affogaba, dizendi: Pagami lu chi mi debi.

1866, chapter XVIII, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), London, translation of Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, verse 28, page 72:

Having gone out, however, the servant met another fellow servant, who owed him a hundred denarii; and, grabbing him, he choked him, saying: "Pay what you owe me".

Forsi mi dizarè
Chi chiddu in lu so fà no ha uguali
Nè forsi timarè
Ch’ un altru possia fatti tantu mali
Ma eju diggu cun dolu
Chi tal’ omu in lu mondu no è solu.

c. 19ᵗʰ century, anonymous author, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese, volume 1 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 15, page 89:

Maybe you'll tell me that he, in his actions, has no peers. And maybe you won't fear that someone else might hurt you so much. But I say, pained, that that man is not alone in the world.

O bocca di pizzinna, bocca bedda,
chi mi dizì paràuri pruibiddi
e chi basgèndimi eri cussì dozzi!

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Bocca [Mouth]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 25:

Oh, young woman's lips, beautiful lips, that spoke forbidden words to me, and was so sweet in kissing me!


me

Lu branu a me no piazi

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Primabéra [Spring]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 13:


e

From Latin et, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *éti or *h₁eti.


mela

(dialectal) Alternative form of mera (“apple”)


un

From Latin ūnus (“one”), from Old Latin oinos, from Proto-Italic *oinos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos (“one, single”).


lu

From Vulgar Latin *(il)lu, from Latin illum, accusative of ille (“that”).


lu

Di curori vi ni so umbè. Ca è lu chi tu priferi?

(literally, “Of colors there are a lot. Which one is that which you prefer?”)

There are lots of colors. Which one do you prefer?

Lu cunnosci?

Abà ti lu diggu

Now I'll tell you (literally, “Now I tell it to you”)


li

From Latin illī, illae, masculine and feminine plural forms of ille (“that”).

-ri

used when previous syllable is unstressed


li

Di curori vi ni so umbè. Ca so li chi tu priferi?

(literally, “Of colors there are a lot. Which ones are those which you prefer?”)

There are lots of colors. Which ones do you prefer?

Abà li zerchu

I'll look for them (literally, “Now I look for them”)

Li cuzinu la trìglia

I'll prepare him mullet (literally, “I cook to him the mullet”)

Li fozzu li frisgiori

I'll prepare her some flapjacks (literally, “I make to her the flapjacks”)


eu

[…] guasi guasi credu
chi podaristhia eu puru
o dubaristhia
nascì torra. […]

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Primabéra [Springtime]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others], Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 13:

I almost believe that I, too, can, or should, be born again.

Faccisigàddu, diggu grazie a Firumèna chi s’alluntàna e s’arròmba a lu muru; eu a lu muru d’aócci.

2020 March 25, Ignazio Sanna, “Di nomme fozzu Asdrubale [My name is Asdrubale]”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese:

Embarrassed, I thank Filomena, who distances herself, and leans on the wall; I [lean] to the opposite wall.


noi

From Latin nōs, from Proto-Italic *nōs, from the oblique forms of Proto-Indo-European *wéy (“us”).


voi

From Latin vōs, from Proto-Italic *wōs, from the oblique forms of Proto-Indo-European *yū́.

Mireddi s’in calch’ iltanti
Edda si moltra affannadda,
Oppuru appassionadda
Sulpira par altr’ amanti,
Mireddi si calchi iltanti
Ha di voi cumpassioni.

c. 19ᵗʰ century, anonymous author, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese, volume 1 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 2, page 63:

Look if, sometimes, she seems tired; or [if] she passionately sighs for other lovers. Look if, sometimes, she pities you.


tu

From Latin tū, from Proto-Italic *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.


ti

From Latin tē (the name of the letter T).

The name of the Latin-script letter T/t.; tee


ti

From Latin tē (accusative of tū), from Proto-Indo-European *twé, *te, accusative of *túh₂ (“you”). As a dative, in part from Latin tibi, dative of tū, through a Vulgar Latin *ti.

Cumenti ti ciami?

What's your name? (literally, “How do you call yourself?”)

Abà ti lu diggu

Now I'll tell you. (literally, “Now I tell it to you”)


la

From Latin illa, feminine of ille (“that”).


soju

head

soju (feminine singular soja, plural soi)

Uſcite fuora, e mirate, o figlie di Sion, il re Salomone col diadema, con cui lo incoronò la madre ſua nel giorno dello ſpoſalizio di lui, e nel giorno della letizia del cuor ſuo.

1863 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter III, in Giovanni Spano, transl., Lu càntiggu de li càntigghi di Salamoni [Solomon's canticle of canticles], London, translation of Il cantico de' cantici (in Italian), verse 11, page 10:

Come out and see, o daughters of Zion, King Solomon, with the crown with which his mother crowned him in the day of his wedding, and in the day of the joy of his heart.

Si ti dizi com’iltesi
A la fabiddadda toja,
Dilli, la culpa è la soja

c. 19ᵗʰ century, anonymous author, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese, volume 2 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 54, page 144:

If she asks you how I reacted to your words, tell her that it's her fault


soju

soju m (feminine singular soja, masculine and feminine plural soi)

soja (feminine singular)
soi (feminine masculine plural)

Vedendo adunque Noemi, come Ruth avea fiſſa nell’animo ſuo la riſoluzione di andar con lei, non volle più contradirle, nè conſigliarla a tornare da’ ſuoi.

1863 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter I, in Giovanni Spano, transl., Lu libru di Rut [The Book of Ruth], London, translation of Il Libro di Ruth (in Italian), verse 18, page 7:

Thus Naomi, seeing how Ruth had decided resolutely to go with her, did not want to oppose her, or keep persuading her to return to hers


chi

From a conflation of Latin quia, quod, and other conjunctions.

Li me' amigghi dìzini chi soggu simpàtiggu

Mégliu figlioru di la bonasorthi chi figlioru di re

Better [to be] son of good luck than son of a king


chi

Lu giràniu, chi ha curori dibessi, dura umbè di tempu fioriddu

(literally, “The geranium, which has different colors, lasts a lot of time in blossom”)

Geraniums, which have various colors, stay in blossom for a long time


chi

Chi festha!

Used in exclamations to indicate something remarkable; some, what a


riga

From Italian riga, from Lombardic rīga (“line, row”), from Proto-Germanic *rīgǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyk- (“to scratch, cut”).


si

From Latin se (“him-, her-, it-, themselves”, reflexive third-person pronoun). Cognate with Italian si, Portuguese si and se.

inh

La camìsgia si la pònini li manni

Adults wear shirts (literally, “The adults put the shirt on themselves”)

(reflexive) oneself, himself, herself, itself, themselves

Eddi s'àmani

(reciprocal pronoun) each other, one another

Lu zipressu si dizi "àiburu di campusantu"


si

From Latin sī, from Proto-Italic *sei (“so, thus”) used in parataxis, likely via the meaning "in this" as the locative singular of Proto-Indo-European *só (“this, that”).

Si lu sai, dìmmiru!

If you know, tell me! (literally, “If you know it, tell it to me!”)


ed

Allora il Diavolo lo laſciò: ed ecco, che ſe gli accoﬅarono gli Angeli, e lo ſervivano.

1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter IV, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew], London, translation of Il santo Vangelo di Gesù Cristo secondo Matteo (in Italian), verse 11, page 10:

Then the Devil left him alone. And then the angels approached him, and served him.

Dunca lu megliu è

c. 19ᵗʰ century, anonymous, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese, volume 2, Cagliari, song 15, page 87

So the best [thing] is: you think about your own peace, and I [think] about myself.

Sobr’a la terra è dugnunu a la sora
infiraddu da un raggiu di sòri:
ed è subbidu buggiu.

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Ed è subbidu buggiu [And it's suddenly night]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others], Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 169:

Everyone is alone on Earth, pierced by a ray of sunshine: and it's suddenly night.

Alternative form of e, found before a vowel


alma

(dialectal) Alternative form of àimma (“weapon”)


di

From Latin dē, from Proto-Italic *dē, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *de.

Lu cani di Pàuru

Edda è un'amigga di mamma

Used to indicate possession, after the thing owned and before the owner; of; 's

Eu soggu di Sàssari

La poltrona è più còmuda di la caddrea

The armchair is more comfortable than the chair

Canne al vento è un libru di Gràzia Deledda

Canne al vento is a book by Grazia Deledda

E eddi cosa ni pènsani di te?

Edda è la più bedda di tutti

Un'ampulla di veddru

A glass bottle (literally, “A bottle of glass”)

Expresses composition; of, made of, in or more often omitted


d'

Contraction of the preposition di (“of, from”).

(before a vowel or an h) Apocopic form of di


una

From Latin ūna, feminine of ūnus (“one”), from Old Latin oinos, from Proto-Italic *oinos, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one, single”).


par

[…] O me’ ziddài, digussì bedda
e àipra, eu t’aggiu di dagà par eddu

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Dipididda [Parting]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 15:

O town of mine, so beautiful and harsh, I'll have to leave you for it [destiny]

Alternative form of pa', sometimes used before vowel sounds


ala

(dialectal) Alternative form of ara (“wing”)


t'

Apocopic form of ti, used before a vowel


cena

(dialectal) Alternative form of zena (“dinner”)


figa

(dialectal) Alternative form of figga (“fig”)


penna

From Latin penna, from Proto-Italic *petnā, from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ ~ pth₂én- (“feather, wing”), derived from the root *peth₂- (“to fly”).


sou

head

sou m (feminine singular soa, masculine and feminine plural soi)

soa (feminine singular)
soi (feminine masculine plural)


sui

(dialectal) Alternative form of sua (“sow (female pig)”)


sui

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


só

Alternative spelling of so': his/her; of his/of hers


dà

dà (infinitive)
abé + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
dendi (gerund)
abendi + past participle (gerund multiword-construction)
daddu (participle past)
doggu (present singular)
dai (present second-person singular)
dazi (present singular third-person)
demmu (first-person plural present)
deddi (plural present second-person)
dàzini (plural present third-person)
dazia (imperfect singular)
daziu (imperfect singular)
dazì (imperfect second-person singular)
dazia (imperfect singular third-person)
dazìami (first-person imperfect plural)
dazìaddi (imperfect plural second-person)
dazìani (imperfect plural third-person)
desi (historic past singular)
desi (historic past second-person singular)
desi (historic past singular third-person)
désimi (first-person historic past plural)
désiddi (historic past plural second-person)
désini (historic past plural third-person)
daràggiu (future singular)
daré (future second-person singular)
darà (future singular third-person)
daremu (first-person future plural)
dareddi (future plural second-person)
darani (future plural third-person)
present indicative of abé + a dà (future)
present indicative of abé + a dà (first-person future plural second-person)
present indicative of abé + a dà (future second-person third-person)
future indicative of abé + a dà (future)
future indicative of abé + a dà (first-person future plural second-person)
future indicative of abé + a dà (future second-person third-person)
future of abé + past participle (future multiword-construction perfect)
future of abé + past participle (first-person future multiword-construction perfect plural second-person)
future of abé + past participle (future multiword-construction perfect second-person third-person)
darìsthia (present singular)
daria (present singular)
daristhi (present second-person singular)
darì (present second-person singular)
darìsthia (present singular third-person)
daria (present singular third-person)
darìsthiami (first-person plural present)
darìami (first-person plural present)
darìsthiaddi (plural present second-person)
darìaddi (plural present second-person)
darìsthiani (plural present third-person)
darìani (plural present third-person)
dògghia (present singular)
dògghi (present singular)
dògghia (present singular third-person)
dògghiami (first-person plural present)
dògghiaddi (plural present second-person)
dògghiani (plural present third-person)
dessi (imperfect singular)
déssia (imperfect singular)
dessi (imperfect singular third-person)
déssia (imperfect singular third-person)
déssimi (first-person imperfect plural)
déssiami (first-person imperfect plural)
déssiddi (imperfect plural second-person)
déssiaddi (imperfect plural second-person)
déssini (imperfect plural third-person)
déssiani (imperfect plural third-person)
dà (imperative second-person singular)
no dà (imperative second-person singular)
dògghia (imperative singular third-person)
demmu (first-person imperative plural)
deddi (imperative plural second-person)
dògghiani (imperative plural third-person)

From Latin dare, present active infinitive of dō (“I give”), from Proto-Italic *didō, from Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti, derived from the root *deh₃- (“give”).


beni

From Latin bene (“well”), from Old Latin *duenēd, from duenos (“good”), from Proto-Italic *dwenos.

(usually in the plural) good, property, possession, belonging, asset


meu

E canti volthi, o bidda mea natiba,
soggu giuntu a zirchà
da te li cosi mei chi v’aggiu pessu

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Turrendi a bidda mea [Going back to my town]”, in La poesia di l'althri (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 89:

And how many times, o native town of mine, have I come to you looking for the things that I have lost here

Lu méu nascimèntu l’abìa dinunziaddu sóru in municipiu

She [my mother] declared my birth only at the register office


meu

head

meu m (feminine singular mea, masculine and feminine plural mei)

mea (feminine singular)
mei (feminine masculine plural)


mé

Alternative spelling of me': my, of mine


-à

From Classical Latin -āre, present active infinitive of -ō (1ˢᵗ conjugation verbal suffix).

Used, with a stem, to form the infinitive of most regular verbs.


finì

finì (infinitive)
assé (infinitive multiword-construction)
abé + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
finendi (gerund)
essendi (gerund multiword-construction)
abendi + past participle (gerund multiword-construction)
finiddu (participle past)
finu (present singular)
fini (present second-person singular)
fini (present singular third-person)
finimmu (first-person plural present)
finiddi (plural present second-person)
fìnini (plural present third-person)
finia (imperfect singular)
finiu (imperfect singular)
finì (imperfect second-person singular)
finia (imperfect singular third-person)
finìami (first-person imperfect plural)
finìaddi (imperfect plural second-person)
finìani (imperfect plural third-person)
finisi (historic past singular)
finisi (historic past second-person singular)
finisi (historic past singular third-person)
finìsimi (first-person historic past plural)
finìsiddi (historic past plural second-person)
finìsini (historic past plural third-person)
finiràggiu (future singular)
finaràggiu (future singular)
finiré (future second-person singular)
finaré (future second-person singular)
finirà (future singular third-person)
finarà (future singular third-person)
finiremu (first-person future plural)
finaremu (first-person future plural)
finireddi (future plural second-person)
finareddi (future plural second-person)
finirani (future plural third-person)
finarani (future plural third-person)
present indicative of abé + a finì (future)
present indicative of abé + a finì (first-person future plural second-person)
present indicative of abé + a finì (future second-person third-person)
future indicative of abé + a finì (future)
future indicative of abé + a finì (first-person future plural second-person)
future indicative of abé + a finì (future second-person third-person)
present indicative of assé (multiword-construction perfect present)
present indicative of assé (first-person multiword-construction perfect plural present second-person)
present indicative of assé (multiword-construction perfect present second-person third-person)
abé + past participle (multiword-construction perfect present)
abé + past participle (first-person multiword-construction perfect plural present second-person)
abé + past participle (multiword-construction perfect present second-person third-person)
imperfect indicative of assé (multiword-construction pluperfect)
imperfect indicative of assé (first-person multiword-construction pluperfect plural second-person)
imperfect indicative of assé (multiword-construction pluperfect second-person third-person)
abé + past participle (multiword-construction pluperfect)
abé + past participle (first-person multiword-construction pluperfect plural second-person)
abé + past participle (multiword-construction pluperfect second-person third-person)
past historic indicative of assé (anterior multiword-construction past)
past historic indicative of assé (anterior first-person multiword-construction past plural second-person)
past historic indicative of assé (anterior multiword-construction past second-person third-person)
abé + past participle (anterior multiword-construction past)
abé + past participle (anterior first-person multiword-construction past plural second-person)
abé + past participle (anterior multiword-construction past second-person third-person)
future of assé (future multiword-construction perfect)
future of assé (first-person future multiword-construction perfect plural second-person)
future of assé (future multiword-construction perfect second-person third-person)
abé + past participle (future multiword-construction perfect)
abé + past participle (first-person future multiword-construction perfect plural second-person)
abé + past participle (future multiword-construction perfect second-person third-person)
present of abé + a + assé (future multiword-construction perfect)
present of abé + a + assé (first-person future multiword-construction perfect plural second-person)
present of abé + a + assé (future multiword-construction perfect second-person third-person)
future of abé + a + assé (future multiword-construction perfect)
future of abé + a + assé (first-person future multiword-construction perfect plural second-person)
future of abé + a + assé (future multiword-construction perfect second-person third-person)
finarìsthia (present singular)
finaria (present singular)
finaristhi (present second-person singular)
finarì (present second-person singular)
finarìsthia (present singular third-person)
finaria (present singular third-person)
finarìsthiami (first-person plural present)
finarìami (first-person plural present)
finarìsthiaddi (plural present second-person)
finarìaddi (plural present second-person)
finarìsthiani (plural present third-person)
finarìani (plural present third-person)
present conditional of assé (perfect)
present conditional of assé (first-person perfect plural second-person)
present conditional of assé (perfect second-person third-person)
abé + past participle (perfect)
abé + past participle (first-person perfect plural second-person)
abé + past participle (perfect second-person third-person)
fìnia (present singular)
fìniu (present singular)
fini (present singular)
fìnia (present singular third-person)
fìniami (first-person plural present)
fìniaddi (plural present second-person)
fìniani (plural present third-person)
finissi (imperfect singular)
finìssia (imperfect singular)
finissi (imperfect singular third-person)
finìssia (imperfect singular third-person)
finìssimi (first-person imperfect plural)
finìssiami (first-person imperfect plural)
finìssiddi (imperfect plural second-person)
finìssiaddi (imperfect plural second-person)
finìssini (imperfect plural third-person)
finìssiani (imperfect plural third-person)
present subjunctive of assé (multiword-construction past)
present subjunctive of assé (first-person multiword-construction past plural second-person)
present subjunctive of assé (multiword-construction past third-person)
abé + past participle (multiword-construction past)
abé + past participle (first-person multiword-construction past plural second-person)
abé + past participle (multiword-construction past third-person)
imperfect subjunctive of assé (multiword-construction pluperfect)
imperfect subjunctive of assé (first-person multiword-construction pluperfect plural second-person)
imperfect subjunctive of assé (multiword-construction pluperfect third-person)
abé + past participle (multiword-construction pluperfect third-person)
fini (imperative second-person singular)
no finì (imperative second-person singular)
fìnia (imperative singular third-person)
finimmu (first-person imperative plural)
finiddi (imperative plural second-person)
fìniani (imperative plural third-person)

From Latin fīnīre, present infinitive of fīniō (“I finish, terminate”), derived from fīnis (“boundary, limit”).

(transitive) to end, to finish, to terminate

(transitive) to run out of, to use up, to consume

Di chistha puisia
mi rimani
lu nienti d’un sigretu
chi no fini mai.

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Lu porthu sottuterra [The underground harbour]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others], Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 93:

What's left to me of this poem, is the nothingness of a secret that never ends.

Vizinu a me, cumènti dugna séra
addananzi a la véccia ziminèa,
ti n’isthai cun d’un fa pinsamentósu,
la faccia isthracca di la dì chi fini.

2009 December 23, Ignazio Sanna, “Cu la mènti a bazinédda [With a dizzy mind]”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese:

Near me, like every night, in front of the old hearth, you are, pensively, with the tired face of the day coming to an end.

(intransitive) to end, to come to an end, to be over


crea

Likely a borrowing from Sardinian cria (“brooding; parturition; childbirth”), deverbal from Logudorese criare and Campidanese criai (“to lay eggs; to give birth”).

cog

(collective) litter (animals born in one birth)


so'

la so’ casa

Abramu generesi a Isaccu. Isaccu generesi a Giacobbu. Giacobbu generesi a Giuda, e a li so’ fraddeddi.

1866, chapter I, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), London, translation of Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, verse 2, page 1:

Abraham begot Isaac, and Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob begot Judah and his brothers

E chi sa chi a chilt'ori
Sarà dendi ad un altra lu so’ cori?

c. 19ᵗʰ century, anonymous author, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese, volume 1 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 4, page 70:

And who knows if, by now, he's giving his heart to someone else?

Èdda è sèmpri cu la frébba
candu noi passemu impari
sott’a lu só balchòni.

1956, Salvator Ruju, “Ma nò la vogliu mari [But I don't wish her ill]”, in Agnireddu e Rusina; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 77:

She’s always feverish, whenever we pass together under her balcony.


to'

la to’ casa


unu

From Latin ūnus (“one”), from Old Latin oinos, from Proto-Italic *oinos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos (“one, single”).


unu

Miari è unu pizzinnu simpàtiggu


unu

Pari unu di bocca bona, o no è digussì?

(literally, “You seem one of good mouth, or is it not so?”)

You look like someone who likes to eat, or am I wrong?


ara

Inherited from Classical Latin āla, from earlier *axla, from axis, from Proto-Italic *aksis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- (“axis”).


i'

Abà mi posu i' la caddrea

Apocopic form of in, chiefly used before definite articles


bè

Cumpresu: collaboratore della giustizia! Boh boh! Seizentumirioni pa’ fa la cascetta no mi parini dinà guadagnaddi be’.

2009 October 6, Ignazio Sanna, “Li facultai d’abà (ossia: cumenti fa dinà in dì d’oggi) [The faculties of today (or: How to make money nowadays)]”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese:

Got it: justice cooperator! I don't know... Six hundred millions to be a blabbermouth don't look like properly earned money to me.

Ipocriti, bè profitesi di voi Isaja, […]

1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter XV, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew], London, translation of Il santo Vangelo di Gesù Cristo secondo Matteo (in Italian), verse 7, page 58:

Hypocrites, Isaiah prophesized well about you

Cantu fazi la lettura
E l'assè bè imparaddu!

c. 19ᵗʰ century, anonymous author, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese, volume 2 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 73, page 177:

Reading and being well educated does so much!

Vèrdhi e rànziga che féri,
à lu córi creba creba;
si cridia parch'era ricca
di pudemmi bè imbischà

Green and bitter as bile, her heart is dying of anger; she thought, because she was rich, that she could well capture me

No vi vurìani assài carabàtturi; basthàbani l’óssi di barracòccu bè labaddi

2015 May 31, Ignazio Sanna, “La paristhòria di lu santu óssu di lu barracòccu [The fable of the sacred apricot stone]”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese:

It didn't take that many trifles; the well-washed apricot stones were enough

Son pronto, gli diſſe: Va, e vedi, ſe tutto va bene riguardo a’ tuoi fratelli, e a’ beﬅiami

1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter XXXVII, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'iltoria di Giuseppi l'ebreu [The story of Joseph the Jewish], London, translation of Il Libro della Genesi (in Italian), verse 14, page 4:

"I'm ready", he told him. "Go, and see if everything is well in regard to your brothers, and to the livestock

Vibu sola a li mali
Da dugn’ ombra di be’ dissimparadda

c. 19ᵗʰ century, anonymous author, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese, volume 1 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 4, page 87:

I live alone with the pains, not knowing the slightest affection

Assai bè me la vibia
sóru sóru i la mé vigna.

1956, Salvator Ruju, “Nò è succu nò l'amòri”, in Agnireddu e Rusina; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 61:

I was doing quite well, all alone in my vineyard.

In tutti li maneri
mi soggu cumpurthaddu,
si maramenti o bè no soggu dillu

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “L'ulthima [The Last One]”, in La poesia di l'althri (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 43:

I've behaved in every way; if badly or well, I can't say

z’abèmmu piènu
la casa di figlióri.
Tutti be’: sani…

2009 May 9, Ignazio Sanna, “Noi dui, a séra [The two of us, in the evening]”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese:

We filled the house with children. All of them [are] well, healthy…


bè

Su via, diſſe, va dietro a coloro, e raggiuntili dirai: Per qual motivo avete renduto male per bene?

1863 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter XLIV, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'iltoria di Giuseppi l'ebreu [The story of Joseph the Jewish], London, translation of Il Libro della Genesi (in Italian), verse 4, page 45:

"Rise," he said, "go after those men; and, [once you've] reached them, tell them: 'Why have you returned evil for good?"

Apocopic form of beni:
(uncountable) good (the forces of good)

Apocopic form of beni:
good (the forces of good)

Rosa meja, lu me' bè,
Ciamami candu sei sola.

c. 19ᵗʰ century, anonymous author, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese, volume 2 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 63, page 156:

My rose, my darling, call me when you're alone.

Apocopic form of beni:
sweetheart, darling, love

c. 19ᵗʰ century, anonymous author, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese, volume 1 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 4, page 68:

[…] la mea mènti a bazinédda
chi s’affanna […]
pa’ fimmà un’intinziòni di puisia
e ischribì ancora lu be’ chi ti ni vógliu.

my dizzy mind, which gets worked up […] in order to hold an intention of poetry, and again write the affection I feel for you.

affection (feeling of love or strong attachment)

Palchì cumenti un omu paltendi par andà a paisu luntanu, ciamesi li so' silvidori, e li cunsignesi li so' bè. […]

1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter XXV, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew], London, translation of Il santo Vangelo di Gesù Cristo secondo Matteo (in Italian), verse 14, page 102:

For, as a man leaving towards a faraway land, called his own servants, and delivered to them his possessions […]

S’in lu loggu chi sei
Ancora nizissiti di sufraggiu
La vidda, li me’ bè
In breb’ e preltu ti cunsacraraggiu

c. 19ᵗʰ century, Sebastiano di Branca, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese, volume 2 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 75, page 182:

If, where you are, you still need intercession, in short time I will consecrate to you my life, my possessions

Cun la vidda m’affanni
Cun la molti mi furi dugna bè

c. 19ᵗʰ century, G. Cossu Solinas, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese, volume 2 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 48, page 136:

You trouble me through life; you rob me of all I love through death

(figurative) beloved (someone or something that is loved)


bè

E lu Signori dizisi a Giona: Credi forsi, chi tu fozzi bè ad arrabbiatti pa la moltra? E dizisi: Bè eju m' arrabbieggiu fin' a la molti.

1866, chapter IV, in Giovanni Spano, transl., La profezia di Giona [Jonah's prophecy] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), London, translation of Profezia di Giona, verse 9, page 15:

And the Lord said to Jonah: "Do you think you're doing good by getting angry becauseof the castor oil plant? And he said: "Well, I will get angry to death."

«Bè, ni vurìmmu sabé di più? Andèmmu a fabiddanni cu me’ ziu chi ni sa assai mégliu di noi. No pai nudda è prèddi!»

"Well, if we want to know more, we can go talk about it with my uncle, who knows a lot more than us. He's a priest, after all!"

Used to acknowledge a statement or situation; well, so


tinta

From Catalan and Spanish tinta, from Latin tīncta, derived from tingō (“I wet; I colour, dye”).

(uncountable) ink (coloured fluid used for writing)

(uncountable) ink (dark fluid ejected by squid etc.)


a

From Latin ad, from Proto-Italic *ad, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd.

Used to indicate the target or recipient of an action; to, sometimes untranslated

Used with adverbs expressing position or proximity; to, sometimes untranslated


cara

Likely from Spanish and/or Catalan cara, both from Late Latin cara, from Ancient Greek κάρᾱ (kárā), from Proto-Hellenic *kárahə, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱérh₂sō (“top of the head/skull”), derived from the root *ḱerh₂- (“head, horn, top”).

der

Ma la più bèdda còsa, li baggiani
di cara bruna, d’ócci risurani.

1957, Salvator Ruju, “Li candaréri [The candlesticks]”, in Sassari véccia e nóba [Old and new Sassari]; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 144:

But the most beautiful thing, [is] the brown-faced young girls with smiling eyes.


cara

Borrowed from Spanish cala, of unknown origin.


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)


zena

Inherited from Classical Latin cēna, from Old Latin cesna, from Proto-Italic *kertsnā, from Proto-Indo-European *kért-sneh₂ (“portion”), derived from the root *(s)kert-, from *(s)ker- (“to cut off”). The irregular development of Latin ē into /ɛ/ is perhaps due to influence from the open stressed vowel of Logudorese chena.


mera

From Late Latin mēla, from mēlum, from Latin mālum, borrowed from Doric Greek μᾶλον (mâlon, “apple”); compare Attic μῆλον (mêlon).


abi

From Classical Latin apis (“bee”), of uncertain further origin.

E nò l’aggiu iparadi chissi ingordhi
isthruidori d’abi
pa cuntintà a tè.

1956, Salvator Ruju, “Tuttu m’ammentu... [I remember everything...]”, in Agnireddu e Rusina; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 123:

And I didn't shoot those greedy destroyers of bees, just to make you happy.


annu

From Latin annus, from Proto-Italic *atnos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂et-no-, probably derived from *h₂et- (“to go”).

E cant'anni v'hai?

How old are you? (literally, “How many years do you have?”)

Ed eccu una femmina, chi da dodizi anni paddia un flussu di sangu, si l’accultesi a dareddu, e tucchesi l’ala di lu so’ viltiri.

1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter IX, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew], London, translation of Il santo Vangelo di Gesù Cristo secondo Matteo (in Italian), verse 20, page 30:

Just then a woman who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak.

Li raffi di tant’anni, li durori,
cussì tènini isthrinti
l’animi nosthri […]

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Femmina [Woman]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 21:

The marks of many years, the pains, keep our souls entwined so


grogu

sdc-adj

grogu (feminine singular groga, masculine and feminine plural groghi)

groga (feminine singular)
groghi (feminine masculine plural)

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


cera

(dialectal) Alternative form of zera (“wax. beeswax”)


m'

Apocopic form of mi, used before a vowel


canti

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


canti

second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of cantà


sua

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


zi

Babbu zi portha a Sàssari

Alburea, Alburea
E li so’ suldaddi
z’hani libaraddi

c. 19ᵗʰ century, anonymous author, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese, volume 1 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 24, page 107:

Arborea, Arborea and its soldiers have freed us

l’antigga primabéra, più cruderi
di tutti l’isthasgioni
acchì zi torra a vidda e poi z’ammazza.

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Primabéra [Spring]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 13:

Ancient Spring, [the] cruelest of all seasons, for it takes us back to life, and then kills us.

Li dozzi no zi piàzini.

(literally, “The sweets are not pleasant to us.”)

[…] E lu chi zi paria
incridìbiri, aiallu! […]

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Siparazioni [Separation]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 65:

And that which to us had seemed unbelievable, there it is!


zi

Lu soli di Sant’Anna
Veni a lu me’ balconi,
Viniddinni lu me’ fiori
Abali chi no z’è mamma.

c. 19ᵗʰ century, anonymous author, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese, volume 1 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 35, page 124:

St. Anne's sun comes to my balcony; come to my flower, now that mom isn't here.


tó

Alternative spelling of to': your, of yours


murru

sdc-adj

murru (feminine singular murra, masculine and feminine plural murri)

murra (feminine singular)
murri (feminine masculine plural)


cria

(dialectal) Alternative form of crea (“clutch (of eggs); litter”)


bì

From Latin bibere, from Proto-Italic *pibō, from Proto-Indo-European *píph₃eti.


canta

third-person singular present indicative

inflection of cantà:
second-person singular imperative


miré

Apocopic form of mireddi (“look!”), 2ⁿᵈ-person plural imperative form of mirà (“to look; to look at”).

look out! watch out! (addressing multiple people)


sobra

[…] E l’ombra
débiri ancora di li rati nudi
sobr’a la terra nuda mi commobi

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Primabéra [Spring]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others] (overall work in Sassarese and Italian), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 13:

And again the feeble shadow of the naked branches 'on the naked earth moves me


fà

head

fà (first-person singular present fozzu, first-person singular past historic fesi, past participle fattu, first-person singular imperfect fazia, second-person singular imperative fà, auxiliary abé)

fozzu (first-person present singular)
fesi (first-person historic past singular)
fattu (participle past)
fazia (first-person imperfect singular)
fà (imperative second-person singular)
abé (auxiliary)
fà (infinitive)
abé + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
fendi (gerund)
abendi + past participle (gerund multiword-construction)
fattu (participle past)
fozzu (first-person indicative present singular)
fai (indicative present second-person singular)
fazi (indicative present singular third-person)
femu (first-person indicative plural present)
feddi (indicative plural present second-person)
fàzini (indicative plural present third-person)
fazia (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
fazì (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
fazia (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
fazìami (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
fazìaddi (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
fazìani (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
fesi (first-person historic indicative past singular)
fesi (historic indicative past second-person singular)
fesi (historic indicative past singular third-person)
fésimi (first-person historic indicative past plural)
fésiddi (historic indicative past plural second-person)
fésini (historic indicative past plural third-person)
fazaràggiu (first-person future indicative singular)
fazaré (future indicative second-person singular)
fazarà (future indicative singular third-person)
fazaremu (first-person future indicative plural)
fazareddi (future indicative plural second-person)
fazarani (future indicative plural third-person)
present indicative of abé + a fà (future indicative)
future indicative of abé + a fà (future indicative)
past historic of abé + past participle (anterior indicative multiword-construction past)
future of abé + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
fazaria (conditional first-person present singular)
fazarìsthia (conditional first-person present singular)
fazaristhi (conditional present second-person singular)
fazaria (conditional present singular third-person)
fazarìami (conditional first-person plural present)
fazarìsthiami (conditional first-person plural present)
fazarìaddi (conditional plural present second-person)
fazarìsthiaddi (conditional plural present second-person)
fazarìani (conditional plural present third-person)
fazarìsthiani (conditional plural present third-person)
fòzzia (conditional present singular)
fozzi (conditional present singular)
fòzzia (conditional present singular third-person)
fòzziami (conditional first-person plural present)
fòzziaddi (conditional plural present second-person)
fòzziani (conditional plural present third-person)
fazissi (conditional imperfect singular)
fazissi (conditional imperfect singular third-person)
fazìssiami (conditional first-person imperfect plural)
fazìssiaddi (conditional imperfect plural second-person)
fazìssiani (conditional imperfect plural third-person)
fà (imperative second-person singular)
fòzzia (imperative singular third-person)
femu (first-person imperative plural)
feddi (imperative plural second-person)
fòzziani (imperative plural third-person)


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”).

inh

Cunnosciu una ziddài
chi dugna dì di sòri si piena

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Sirénziu [Silence]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others], Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 99:

I know a city that is filled with sunshine every day

Eu d’anni ni fòzzu dizottu fra sètti dì.

2020 March 25, Ignazio Sanna, “Di nomme fozzu Asdrubale [My name is Asdrubale]”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese:

I'm going to be eighteen-years-old in seven days.

day (period from midnight to the following midnight)

In zeru v’è la luna.
I lu viari
la luzi di la dì s’è fendi notti.

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Sera di fribagiu [February night]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others], Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 37:

The Moon is in the sky. In the street, the light of day is turning into night.

Vizinu a me, cumènti dugna séra
addananzi a la véccia ziminèa,
ti n’isthai cun d’un fa pinsamentósu,
la faccia isthracca di la dì chi fini.

2009 December 23, Ignazio Sanna, “Cu la mènti a bazinédda [With a dizzy mind]”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese:

Near me, like every night, in front of the old hearth, you are, pensively, with the tired face of the day coming to an end.

day (part of a day period which one spends at one’s job, school, etc.)

E venarà una dì,
una dì cortha

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Diario [Diary]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others], Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 87:

Cun l’ócci ciari ammèntami e pizzinnu:
eu cussì era la dì chi ti vidési
tuttaunóra innamurèndimi di te.

2009 June 14, Ignazio Sanna, “Cun l’ócci ciari ammèntami [Remember me with light eyes]”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese:

Remember me as a child with light eyes: that's the way I was on the day I saw you, suddenly falling in love with you.


dì

dì (infinitive)
abé + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
dizendi (gerund)
abendi + past participle (gerund multiword-construction)
dittu (participle past)
diggu (present singular)
dì (present second-person singular)
dizi (present singular third-person)
dimmu (first-person plural present)
diddi (plural present second-person)
dìzini (plural present third-person)
dizia (imperfect singular)
diziu (imperfect singular)
dizì (imperfect second-person singular)
dizia (imperfect singular third-person)
dizìami (first-person imperfect plural)
dizìaddi (imperfect plural second-person)
dizìani (imperfect plural third-person)
dizisi (historic past singular)
dizisi (historic past second-person singular)
dizisi (historic past singular third-person)
dizìsimi (first-person historic past plural)
dizìsiddi (historic past plural second-person)
dizìsini (historic past plural third-person)
present indicative of abé + a dì (future)
present indicative of abé + a dì (first-person future plural second-person)
present indicative of abé + a dì (future second-person third-person)
future indicative of abé + a dì (future)
future indicative of abé + a dì (first-person future plural second-person)
future indicative of abé + a dì (future second-person third-person)
future of abé + past participle (future multiword-construction perfect)
future of abé + past participle (first-person future multiword-construction perfect plural second-person)
future of abé + past participle (future multiword-construction perfect second-person third-person)
dizarìsthia (present singular)
dizaristhi (present second-person singular)
dizarìsthia (present singular third-person)
dizarìsthiami (first-person plural present)
dizarìsthiaddi (plural present second-person)
dizarìsthiani (plural present third-person)
dìgghia (present singular)
digghi (present singular)
dìgghia (present singular third-person)
dìgghiami (first-person plural present)
dìgghiaddi (plural present second-person)
dìgghiani (plural present third-person)
dizissi (imperfect singular)
dizìssia (imperfect singular)
dizissi (imperfect singular third-person)
dizìssia (imperfect singular third-person)
dizìssimi (first-person imperfect plural)
dizìssiami (first-person imperfect plural)
dizìssiddi (imperfect plural second-person)
dizìssiaddi (imperfect plural second-person)
dizìssini (imperfect plural third-person)
dizìssiani (imperfect plural third-person)
dì (imperative second-person singular)
no dì (imperative second-person singular)
dizia (imperative singular third-person)
dimmu (first-person imperative plural)
diddi (imperative plural second-person)
dìgghiani (imperative plural third-person)

From a contraction of Latin dīcere, present active infinitive of dīcō, from Proto-Italic *deikō, from Proto-Indo-European *déyḱti (“to be pointing out”), athematic root present of the root *deyḱ- (“to point out, to show; to speak solemnly”).

Fabiddendi cun megu
la me’ cumpagna dizi cosi tristhi
e seri […]

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Cunfini [Borders]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others], Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 17:

Talking with me, my partner says sad, serious things

A carthi pèssi diggu di ciamàmmi Lino ma d’innòmmu fòzzu Asdrubale.

In a tight spot, I say I'm called Lino, but my name is Asdrubale.


femmina

Inherited from Latin fēmina, from Proto-Italic *fēmanā, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁m̥h₁néh₂ (“(the one) nursing, breastfeeding”), the feminine mediopassive participle of *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck, suckle”).


gomma

Likely borrowed from Italian gomma, from Late Latin gumma, from Latin cummi, gummi, from Ancient Greek κόμμι (kómmi), from Egyptian qmy (“anointing oil”), qmyt (“acanthus resin, gum”).


setti

Inherited from Classical Latin septem, from Proto-Italic *septem, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥.


cun

From Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic *kom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“next to, at, with, along”).


canzoni

From Latin cantiōnem, accusative of cantiō (“song, singing”).

O ba’, chissu Marco Carta ha cantaddu e canta canzoni. CANZONI: hai cumpresu abà?

2009 October 6, Ignazio Sanna, “Li facultai d’abà (ossia: cumenti fa dinà in dì d’oggi) [The faculties of today (or: How to make money nowadays)]”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese:

Dad, this Marco Carta guy has sung—and sings—songs. SONGS. Do you understand now?


direttori

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direttori m (invariable, feminine direttora)

From Late Latin dīrector, dīrectōrem, derived from Latin dīrēctus, perfect passive participle of dīrigō (“I lay, arrange; I direct, steer”).

(education) headmaster, head, principal, master, warden


zeru

From earlier zelu, from Classical Latin caelum, from Proto-Italic *kailom, from Proto-Indo-European *kóh₂i-lom (“whole”), derived from a root *koh₂i-, *kéy-.

Chi bèdda nótti pàsida d’isthiu!
L’isthelli pàrini ócci di lu zéru.

1957, Salvator Ruju, “Lu grìgliuru d’ignòr’Annamaria [Missus Annamaria's cricket]”, in Sassari véccia e nóba [Old and new Sassari]; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 184:

What a peaceful summer night! The stars look like eyes of the sky.

[…] un biddisò […]
brilla i lu sòri e si zi torra a boru
sempri più in althu i lu zeru biaittu.

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Cunfini [Borders]”, in La poesia di l'althri (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 17:

A sparrow shines in the sun, and flies back to it, higher and higher in the blue sky.

un préddi più che anzianu lagnu che azzua e facci biancu, cu’ l’ócci ciari iffussaddi sempri vulthaddi a zéru quasi ad ammirà ca sa ca misthéru

2010 September 29, Ignazio Sanna, “Li sigurànzi di Don Fedele [Don Fedele's guarantees]”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese:

a more-than-aged priest, thin as an anchovy, pale-faced, with light eyes sunken eyes always turned to the sky, as if he was contemplating some kind of mystery

No abèmmu aùddu figlióri, cussì la vuruntai di Déu di lu Zéru

2013 September 27, Ignazio Sanna, “L’ulthimi dì d’un inutiri avvinì [The last days of a pointless future]”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese:

We haven't had any children: such [was] the will of God of Heaven.

(religion, also in the plural) heaven (abode of deities)

Mi tòrra lu disizu
di murì pa vidétti ancora viba
undì nò v'è duròri,
i lu zéru di l’ànimi bïadi

1956, Salvator Ruju, “Ahi, sèmpri dugna dì [Alas! always, every day]”, in Agnireddu e Rusina [Old and new Sassari]; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 106:

The desire returns to me, to die so I can see you alive again, where there is no pain, in the heaven of blessed souls

(religion) heaven (afterlife of the blessed dead)


zeru

Likely borrowed from Italian zero, from Medieval Latin zephirum, from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “nothing”, “cipher”).


figga

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *fīca, alternative form of Classical Latin fīcus, of uncertain further origin.

Dall’alburu di la figga apprendiddi chilta parabula: candu li so’ rami sò già tennari e ilpuntani li fogli, cunnisciddi, chi l’iltiu è vizinu

1866, “Cap. XXIV”, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), London, translation of Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, verse 32, page 99:

And from the tree of the fig learn this parable: when its brancesh are already tender, and the leaves come out, you know that the summer is near

Eju Rundanu Epicuru
Gran re di li babbarrotti
Principi di li figghi cotti

c. 19ᵗʰ century, Antonio Luigi Agnesa, “Il testamento [The will]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese, volume 2 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 64, page 157:

I, Rundanu Epicuru, great king of housemartins, prince of cooked figs

Tu, Rusì, a cabidannu
n’infurrabi di curiri:
figa butada e gintiri,
ginubesa e cannaera.

1956, Salvator Ruju, “Un fórru v’éra... [There was an oven...]”, in Agnireddu e Rusina; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 118:

In September, Rosina, you used to put a lot of sievefuls in the oven: buttadda fig and gintiri, ginubesa and cannaera.

Candu la foglia di figga
È manna cant’un pedi di noeddu
Dròmmiddi un pogareddu

c. 19ᵗʰ century, anonymous author, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese, volume 2 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 71, page 172:

When the leaf of the fig is as large as a calf's hoof, sleep just a bit


inné

Soggu inné Pàuru

Used to indicate the house, place, or establishment of; at or to + -'s


s'

Apocopic form of si, used before a vowel


v'

Apocopic form of vi, used before a vowel


bonu

sdc-adj

bonu (feminine singular bona, masculine and feminine plural boni)

bona (feminine singular)
boni (feminine masculine plural)

From Latin bonus, from Old Latin duenos, later duonus, from Proto-Italic *dwenos. Doublet of beni, bè.

Allora ſi accoﬅò a lui un tale, e gli diſſe: Maeﬅro buono, che farò io di bene per ottenere la vita eterna?

1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter XIX, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew], London, translation of Il santo Vangelo di Gesù Cristo secondo Matteo (in Italian), verse 16, page 75:

And there was one, who came up to him, and said to him: "Good master, what good will I do to obtain eternal life?

acting in the interest of what is beneficial, ethical, or moral

Diſſegli il padrone: bene ﬅa, ſervo buono e fedele, perchè ſei ﬅato fedele nel poco, ti farò padrone del molto

1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter VII, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew], London, translation of Il santo Vangelo di Gesù Cristo secondo Matteo (in Italian), verse 18, page 23:

His master said to him: "Well done, good and loyal servant; because you have been loyal in scarcity, I will make you master of abundance

Non può un buon albero far frutti cattivi, nè un albero cattivo far frutti buoni.

A good tree cannot produce bad fruits, nor can a bad tree produce good fruits.

«Mih una cósa bòna c’ai dittu! Pa’ piazéri no ni fabiddà e cagliaddi muddu. No è chi ti pigli trópp’ampramanu?»

2009 May 9, Ignazio Sanna, “Fòra d’un lèpparu chi no vuria murì in bòtti [Fable of a hare who didn't want to die in his shoes]”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese:

"Well, you finally said something right! Please stop talking, and shut up. Maybe you're taking too many liberties?"

«Mah! Bòna drummidda, allóra!» fazi eddu e s’alluntana suipirèndi.

2020 March 25, Ignazio Sanna, “Di nomme fozzu Asdrubale [My name is Asdrubale]”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese:

"Oh well! Have a good sleep, then!" he says, and goes away sighing.

ma guai a quell’ uomo per cui il Figliuolo dell’ uomo ſarà tradito : era bene per lui, che non foſſe mai nato quell’ uomo.

1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter XXVI, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew], London, translation of Il santo Vangelo di Gesù Cristo secondo Matteo (in Italian), verse 24, page 109:

But woe unto that man by which the Son of man will be betrayed: [it would] be good for him if that man had never been born.

Bona notti la paddrona!
Una nutizia bona
Li femu sabbé ilta notti.

c. 19ᵗʰ century, anonymous author, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese, volume 1 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 29, page 116:

Goodnight to the mistress! Tonight, we're telling her some good news.

Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita
mi ritrovai per una selva oscura,
ché la diritta via era smarrita.

a. 1950 [1314], Dante Alighieri, “Divina Cumedia: Cantu primu”, in Salvator Ruju, transl., L'Inferru dantesco in sassarese e logudorese (overall work in Italian, Sassarese, and Logudorese), Soter Editrice, translation of Inferno, published 2015 November, page 5, lines 1–3:

At the middle of this life of ours, I found myself in a very dark forest, because the good way was already lost.


cantà

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cantà (first-person singular present cantu, past participle cantaddu, auxiliary abé)

cantu (first-person present singular)
cantaddu (participle past)
abé (auxiliary)
cantà (infinitive)
abé + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
cantendi (gerund)
abendi + past participle (gerund multiword-construction)
cantaddu (participle past)
cantu (present singular)
canti (present second-person singular)
canta (present singular third-person)
cantemmu (first-person plural present)
canteddi (plural present second-person)
càntani (plural present third-person)
cantaba (imperfect singular)
cantabu (imperfect singular)
cantabi (imperfect second-person singular)
cantaba (imperfect singular third-person)
cantàbami (first-person imperfect plural)
cantàbaddi (imperfect plural second-person)
cantàbani (imperfect plural third-person)
cantesi (historic past singular)
cantesi (historic past second-person singular)
cantesi (historic past singular third-person)
cantésimi (first-person historic past plural)
cantésiddi (historic past plural second-person)
cantésini (historic past plural third-person)
cantaràggiu (future singular)
cantaré (future second-person singular)
cantarà (future singular third-person)
cantaremu (first-person future plural)
cantareddi (future plural second-person)
cantarani (future plural third-person)
present indicative of abé + a cantà (future)
present indicative of abé + a cantà (first-person future plural second-person)
present indicative of abé + a cantà (future second-person third-person)
future indicative of abé + a cantà (future)
future indicative of abé + a cantà (first-person future plural second-person)
future indicative of abé + a cantà (future second-person third-person)
future of abé + past participle (future multiword-construction perfect)
future of abé + past participle (first-person future multiword-construction perfect plural second-person)
future of abé + past participle (future multiword-construction perfect second-person third-person)
cantarìsthia (present singular)
cantaria (present singular)
cantaristhi (present second-person singular)
cantarì (present second-person singular)
cantarìsthia (present singular third-person)
cantaria (present singular third-person)
cantarìsthiami (first-person plural present)
cantarìami (first-person plural present)
cantarìsthiaddi (plural present second-person)
cantarìaddi (plural present second-person)
cantarìsthiani (plural present third-person)
cantarìani (plural present third-person)
càntia (present singular)
canti (present singular)
càntia (present singular third-person)
càntiami (first-person plural present)
càntiaddi (plural present second-person)
càntiani (plural present third-person)
cantessi (imperfect singular)
cantessi (imperfect singular third-person)
cantéssimi (first-person imperfect plural)
cantéssiddi (imperfect plural second-person)
cantéssini (imperfect plural third-person)
canta (imperative second-person singular)
no cantà (imperative second-person singular)
càntia (imperative singular third-person)
cantemmu (first-person imperative plural)
canteddi (imperative plural second-person)
càntiani (imperative plural third-person)

Ilpantu di li vibenti
Zeltu ti puoi ciamà,
Palchì si pigli a cantà
Tu sei l’unica ch’incanti.

c. 19ᵗʰ century, anonymous author, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese, volume 2 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 73, page 177:

You can certainly call yourself a marvel of the living, because, if you start singing, you're the only one who enchants.

E óggi puru m’ài turrad’a dì:
– No canta più, Agniru Canu è mórthu.

1957, Salvator Ruju, “Nò sòggu mórthu [I'm not dead]”, in Sassari véccia e nóba [Old and new Sassari]; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 223:

And today too you started saying to me: "He no longer sings; Agniru Canu is dead."

(intransitive) to sing (produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice)

E cantato l’ Inno, andarono al monte Oliveto.

1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter XXVI, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew], London, translation of Il santo Vangelo di Gesù Cristo secondo Matteo (in Italian), verse 30, page 109:

And, having sung the hymn, they went to the Mount of Olives

O ba’, chissu Marco Carta ha cantaddu e canta canzoni. CANZONI: hai cumpresu abà?

2009 October 6, Ignazio Sanna, “Li facultai d’abà (ossia: cumenti fa dinà in dì d’oggi) [The faculties of today (or: How to make money nowadays)]”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese:

Dad, Marco Carta has sung—and sings—songs. SONGS. Do you understand now?

(transitive) to sing (express audibly by means of a harmonious vocalization)

Lu me’ paesi è l’Itaria, o nimiggu furistheri,
e ni cantu lu póburu e lu so’ pientu

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Lu me' paesi è l'Itaria [My country is Italy]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others], Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 191:

My country is Italy, o foreign enemy, and I sing of its people, and their cry

(transitive) to sing (of) (celebrate in poetry)


bossa

Borrowed from Spanish bolsa, from Late Latin bursa, a borrowing from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa, “hide, wine-skin”).

der

bag, specifically:
A flexible container.


candu

Candu ischumenza l'ippittàcuru?

Dizzi, candu hani a accadì chilti cosi?

1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter XXIV, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew], London, translation of Il santo Vangelo di Gesù Cristo secondo Matteo (in Italian), verse 3, page 96:


candu

Veni candu voi

Come whenever you want (literally, “Come when you want”)

Eju lu muru: e li me’ titti cumenti una torra, finza da candu denanz’a eddu sogg’eju comu chidda, ch’ha incuntraddu la pazi.

1863, chapter VIII, in Giovanni Spano, transl., Lu càntiggu de li càntigghi di Salamoni [Solomon's Song of songs] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), London, translation of Canticum canticorum, verse 10, page 19:

I [am] a wall, and my breasts as towers, since when in front of him I am as one who has found peace.

Lassa i la pruzissïoni
a mamma tóia arrasendi.
Candu lu Cristhu è passendi
cresci la mé passïoni.

1956, Salvator Ruju, “Pascha d’amòri [Easter of love]”, in Agnireddu e Rusina; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 75:

Leave your mother praying in the procession. When Christ passes, my passion grows.

[…] Insieme
delle memorie spaventose il cumulo
si scioglierebbe, come neve al sole.

1989 [1934], Giovanni Maria Cherchi, Paràuri [Words], adaptation of Parole by Umberto Saba; collected in La poesia di l'althri, Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1989, page 11:

At the same time, the dreadful heap of memories would melt like snow when the sun is there.


pettu

From Classical Latin pectus, from Proto-Italic *pektos, from Proto-Indo-European *peg-to-s, derived from the root *peg- (“breast”).


branu

From Vulgar Latin *vērānum, from *tempus vērānum (“springtime”), derived from Latin vēr (“spring”).

Lu branu a me no piazi

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Primabéra [Springtime]”, in La poesia di l'althri (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 13:


pagella

Likely borrowed from Italian pagella, from Latin pāgella, diminutive of pāgina (“page”), ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ- (“to attach, fix, fasten”).


z'

Apocopic form of zi, used before a vowel


crassi

From Latin classis (“division; fleet; group; class”), from Proto-Italic *klāssis, from Proto-Indo-European *kl̥h₁-d-ti-, derived from the root *kelh₁- (“to call, cry, summon”).

bor

class (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes)


zera

Inherited from Classical Latin cēra, probably a borrowing from a substrate language.


cantu

From Latin quantus (“how much; how big”), from Proto-Italic *kʷijentos, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷíh₂onts, derived from *kʷíh₂, neuter of *kʷís.

Ma ſe il tuo occhio ſarà malvagio, tutto il tuo corpo ſarà tenebroſo; ſe adunque il lume, ch’è in te, è tenebre, quante eſſe tenebre ſaranno?

1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter VI, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew], London, translation of Il santo Vangelo di Gesù Cristo secondo Matteo (in Italian), verse 23, page 20:

But, if your eye is evil, your entire body will be in darkness. So, if the light which is inside of you is darkness, how much will that same darkness be?

Ohi, chi lu sa cantu sò ciunfraióri
li sassarési! Tutt’abà è ciambadu.

1957, Salvator Ruju, “L'Emiciclu Garibaldhi [The Garibaldi hemicycle]”, in Sassari véccia e nóba [Old and new Sassari]; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 164:

Oh, it's known what jokers the Sassarese are! Now everything has changed.

Mai sabarai
cantu d’abà m’accóra
lu fiuccà léviu
di tutti chisthi fiòri

2009 May 9, Ignazio Sanna, “La mégliu amigga méa [My best friend]”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese:

You will never know how much it already pains me, the light snowing of all these flowers

(interrogative) how much (to what extent)

Cantu fazi la lettura
E l'assè bè imparaddu!

Reading and being well educated does so much!

Éiu inòghi disizèndi
di vidétti i lu balchòni.
Li tó ócci risurani
cantu l’aggiu sunnïadi!

1956, Salvator Ruju, “Disipirada [Desperate]”, in Agnireddu e Rusina; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 65:

I [am] here, wishing to see you on the balcony. Your smiling eyes, I have dreamed about them so much!

Quanto è bello il tuo ſeno, o ſorella mia Spoſa! le tue mammelle ſorpaſſano il vino in bellezza, e l’ odore de’ tuoi unguenti ſupera tutti gli aromi.

1863 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter IV, in Giovanni Spano, transl., Lu càntiggu de li càntigghi di Salamoni [Solomon's canticle of canticles], London, translation of Il cantico de' cantici (in Italian), verse 10, page 11:

Your breasts are so beautiful, my sister-spouse! Your breasts are better than wine, and the fragrance of your ointments surpasses every spice.

Bolchi, rii e funtani
Cant’èraddi pal me diliziosi!

c. 19ᵗʰ century, anonymous author, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese, volume 1 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 40, page 127:

Forests, rivers, and springs, you were so delightful to me!

Used to form exclamations:
(with an adjective) so

Piglia il tuo, e vattene: io voglio dare anche a queﬅ’ ultimo quanto a te.

1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter XX, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew], London, translation of Il santo Vangelo di Gesù Cristo secondo Matteo (in Italian), verse 14, page 78:

Take what is due to you, and leave. I want to give even this last one as much as [I give] to you.

Used to say that an amount is as large as another amount

Imperocchè in verità vi dico, che, ſe avrete fede, quanto un granello di ſenapa, potrete dire a queﬅo monte, paſſa da queﬅo a quel luogo, e paſſerà, e neſſuna coſa ſarà a voi impoſſibile.

1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter XVII, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew], London, translation of Il santo Vangelo di Gesù Cristo secondo Matteo (in Italian), verse 19, page 67:

Thus, truly I tell you, if you have faith, as much as a grain of mustard, you will be able to say to this mountain: "Move from here to there", and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.

[…] dittu a tèmpu, un bèddu “mi n’affuttu”
varia cant’una vigna o un aribari.

1957, Salvator Ruju, “Tandu… [Back then…]”, in Sassari véccia e nóba [Old and new Sassari]; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 295:

said at the right time, a nice "I don't care" was worth as much as a vineyard or an olive grove.

Eu vuraria signatti,
e prima di zidì, chissu caminu
chi cussì poggu dura
cantu l’isciuma o pigia de lu mari.

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “La casa a mari [The beach house]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 158:

I'd like to teach you, before I give up, about this path, that lasts so little, as much as the foam or the small waves of the sea.

Used to say that two things are equal in amount or degree

Di gesgi e gesgiareddi in bidda meia
vi n’è cantu ni voi!

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Li santi di la bidda meia [The saints of my town]”, in La poesia di l'althri (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 79:

In my town, there are as many churches and churchlets as you want!

Prendete il padre voﬅro, e affrettatevi, e venite con tutta celerità.

1863 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter XLV, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'iltoria di Giuseppi l'ebreu [The story of Joseph the Jewish], London, translation of Il Libro della Genesi (in Italian), verse 19, page 56:

"Take your father, and hurry to come as soon as possible."

Sia lu me’ colpu viltiddu
D’un sumbreri pampanuddu
Mezzu biancu e mezzu nieddu
Mannu cant’un caniltreddu

c. 19ᵗʰ century, anonymous author, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese [Popular songs in Sassarese dialect], volume 2 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 64, page 158:

May my body be clothed with a fancy hat, half white and half black, as big as a basket

Used to introduce a comparison; as ... as


cantu

head

cantu m sg (plural canti, feminine canta)

E cant’anni v’hai?

And how old are you? (literally, “And how many years do you have there?”)

E Geſù diſſe loro: quanti pani avete voi? ed eſſi riſpoſero ſette, ed alcuni pochi peſciolini.

1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter XV, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew], London, translation of Il santo Vangelo di Gesù Cristo secondo Matteo (in Italian), verse 34, page 61:

And Jesus said to them "How many loaves do you have?" And they answered: "Seven, and a few small fishes."

Cand’éiu éra pizzinnu
(Cant’anni? dézi o dòdizi mi pari…
Lu tèmpu, chi cabaddu curridòri!) […]

1957, Salvator Ruju, “Pauricu Mòssa”, in Sassari véccia e nóba [Old and new Sassari]; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 227:

When I was a boy (How many years [I had]? Ten or twelve, I think… Time: what a racing horse!)

E cant’anni hai? Mi pari un pòggaréddu criaddùra pai me.

2020 March 25, Ignazio Sanna, “Di nomme fozzu Asdrubale [My name is Asdrubale]”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese:

And how old are you? You look a bit too young to me.

(interrogative) how much, how many (in the plural)

tuttu cantu

E gli diſſe: tutto queﬅo io ti darò, ſe proﬅrato mi adorerai.

1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter IV, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew], London, translation of Il santo Vangelo di Gesù Cristo secondo Matteo (in Italian), verse 9, page 14:

And he said to him: "All of this I will give you if you, prostrated to my feet, will adore me.

Tutta canta la sera semmu in giru
zirchendi un loggu a fà di li dui nosthri
soramenti una vidda.

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Un loggu pa’ noi dui [A place for the two of us]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 27:

All evening we go around, looking for a place to make only one life out of our two.

Cantu beddi prumissi
Non ti fesi eddu, e cantu giuramenti
Di non mai paltissi
Da te chi dizia amà tenaramenti

c. 19ᵗʰ century, anonymous author, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese, volume 1 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 15, page 88:

So many sweet promises, and so many oaths, he made to you, to never leave you, whom he said he loved tenderly

Used to form exclamations:
(in the singular) so many

Canti peni suffru, e canti!
Pienu d’affanni tanti
Pribu di riposu e pazi

c. 19ᵗʰ century, anonymous author, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese, volume 1 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 25, page 109:

I go through so, so many sorrows! [I'm] Filled with many troubles, without rest or peace

Passu in carréra pa tè,
pa fatti la sirinada.
Chi bèdda nótti isthillada!
Canta luzi in zéru v’è!

1956, Salvator Ruju, “Sirinada [Serenade]”, in Agnireddu e Rusina; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 63:

I pass through the street for you, to serenade you. What a beautiful starry night! there is so much light in the sky!

E canti volthi, o bidda mea natiba,
soggu giuntu a zirchà
da te li cosi mei chi v’aggiu pessu

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Turrendi a bidda mea [Going back to my town]”, in La poesia di l'althri (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 89:

So many times, o native town of mine, have I come to you looking for the things that I have lost here

Used to form exclamations:
so much; so many (in the plural)


cantu

La féstha di Sant’Anna
(in canti sèmu abà a ammintazzira?),
pièna di rattatuglia e iparatóri

1957, Salvator Ruju, “La géisgia di Sant’Anna [The church of St. Anna]”, in Sassari véccia e nóba [Old and new Sassari]; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 260:

The festival of St. Anna (how many of us remember it now?), full of riff-raff and fireworks

Raccontò adunque Faraone quello, che aveva veduto: Pareami di ﬅare ſulla ripa del fiume.

1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter XLI, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'iltoria di Giuseppi l'ebreu [The story of Joseph the Jewish], London, translation of Il Libro della Genesi (in Italian), verse 17, pages 20–21:

Pharaoh then told what he had seen: "It seemed I was near the edge of the river."

Ah, s’abissi voluntai
Di vindicammi di te!
Tu tiranna contr’ à me
No farilti cantu fai.

c. 19ᵗʰ century, anonymous author, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese, volume 1 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 8, page 103:

Oh, if only I had the will to take revenge against you! You, tyrannical against me, wouldn't do what you do.

– Cua, ti digu, cua cant’abemu.

1957, Salvator Ruju, “Prima di la ghèrra [Before the war]”, in Sassari véccia e nóba [Old and new Sassari]; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 340:

Hide [it], I'm telling you; hide everything we have

«Ma cumènti hai fattu? No hai nèmmancu l’eddai pa’ zérthi incòntri.» Ed eddu: «Mah, è più fàziri di cantu si crédia.

2010 September 29, Ignazio Sanna, “Li sigurànzi di Don Fedele [Don Fedele's guarantees]”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese:

"But how did you do it? You don't even have the age for this kind of encounters." And he: "Well, it's easier than you think"


cantu

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

Dimmi solu s’è impussibili
Lu chi bramu in li me’ canti.

c. 19ᵗʰ century, G. Cossu Solinas, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese, volume 1 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 22, page 103:

Just tell me if what I wish for in my songs is impossible.

Chiss’òmu musthazzudu e in camisgióra
chi da la ròcca tiraba la lana
[…]
fazia li mutti rànzighi che féri.
Un cantu fèu chi ti punìa lu zuddu.

1957, Salvator Ruju, “La firugnana”, in Sassari véccia e nóba [Old and new Sassari]; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 177:

That moustached man in a vest drawing wool from the distaff […] was uttering those words bitter as bile. A bad, hair-rising song.

Ma drentu mi duraba un cantu
di chìguri
limèndimi lu cori.

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Sirénziu [Silence]”, in La poesia di l'althri, Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 99:

But on the inside lingered a chant of cicadas, filing my heart.

Ivrasiami: azzèndimi d’amòri
fra l’arènu drummiddu di li fiòri
e lu cantu di grigliuri istunaddi
ma appassiunaddi guàsi da murinni

2009 May 9, Ignazio Sanna, “Notti di luna istrana [Nights with a strange moon]”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese:

Confound me: light me with love amongst the sleepful breathing of the flowers and the singing of crickets—off-key, but passionate almost to the point of dying


cantu

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

nonlemma

first-person singular present indicative of cantà


mirà

From Classical Latin mīrāre, present infinitive of mīrō, variant of mīror (“I am astonished at, I marvel at”), derived from mīrus (“remarkable, astonishing”).


vulé

+obj

dirobj<something/someone>/:chi(sub-cl)<for something to happen>

direct object ‘something/someone’ chi (+ subjunctive clause) ‘for something to happen’

head

vulé (first-person singular present vógliu, past participle vuluddu, auxiliary abé)

vógliu (first-person present singular)
vuluddu (participle past)
abé (auxiliary)

S’ edda matessi ha vuluddu
Ch’ eju vibissi patendi,
Com’ iltà abà priguntendi
Di lu me’ poggu saluddu?

c. 19ᵗʰ century, Sebastiano di Branca, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese, volume 1 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 1, page 59:

If she herself has wanted me to live in suffering, how come she is now asking about my poor health?

(archaic except dialectal) Alternative form of vuré

(transitive) to want, to wish for, to desire [with direct object ‘something/someone’ or chi (+ subjunctive clause) ‘for something to happen’]

Alternative form of vuré
to want, to wish for, to desire

Solu sì vularia
Chi ti multresi digna di Luzia.

c. 19ᵗʰ century, Sebastiano di Branca, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese, volume 1 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 17, page 93:

Yes, I would only like you to show yourself worthy of Lucia.


edda

From Latin illa, feminine of ille, from Old Latin olle (feminine olla), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“beyond; other”).

der

Ma edda s’avvizinesi, e l’aduresi, dizendi: Signori, aggiuddami.

1866, chapter XV, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), London, translation of Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, verse 27, page 60:

But she came closer, and worshipped him, saying "Lord, help me!"

Èdda è sèmpri cu la frébba
candu noi passemu impari
sott’a lu só balchòni.

1956, Salvator Ruju, “Ma nò la vogliu mari [But I don't wish her ill]”, in Agnireddu e Rusina; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 77:

She’s always feverish, whenever we pass together under her balcony.

Signori, la me’ figliola abalabà è molta: ma veni, poni la to’ manu sobbra edda, e vibarà.

1866, chapter IX, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), London, translation of Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, verse 18, page 30:

Lord, my daughter has just died. But come, place your hand upon her, and she will live.

Parchì par’èdda éra un diliriu mannu,
candu pudia abé calchi pïanta.

1956, Salvator Ruju, “Mamma tóia, Rusì [Your mother, Rosina]”, in Agnireddu e Rusina; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 84:

Because it was a great joy for her whenever she could have some plant.


degi

(cardinal number, dialectal) Alternative form of dezi (“ten”)


abé

head

abé (first-person singular present àggiu, past participle auddu, auxiliary abé)

àggiu (first-person present singular)
auddu (participle past)
abé (auxiliary)
abé (infinitive)
abé + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
abendi (gerund)
abendi + past participle (gerund multiword-construction)
auddu (participle past)
àggiu (first-person indicative present singular)
hai (indicative present second-person singular)
ha (indicative present singular third-person)
abemmu (first-person indicative plural present)
abeddi (indicative plural present second-person)
hani (indicative plural present third-person)
abia (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
abì (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
abia (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
abìami (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
abìaddi (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
abìani (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
abisi (first-person historic indicative past singular)
abisi (historic indicative past second-person singular)
abisi (historic indicative past singular third-person)
abìsimi (first-person historic indicative past plural)
abìsiddi (historic indicative past plural second-person)
abìsini (historic indicative past plural third-person)
abaràggiu (first-person future indicative singular)
abaré (future indicative second-person singular)
abarà (future indicative singular third-person)
abaremmu (first-person future indicative plural)
abareddi (future indicative plural second-person)
abarani (future indicative plural third-person)
present indicative of abé + a abé (future indicative)
future indicative of abé + a abé (future indicative)
future of abé + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
abaria (conditional first-person present singular)
abaristhia (conditional first-person present singular)
abaristhi (conditional present second-person singular)
abaria (conditional present singular third-person)
abarìami (conditional first-person plural present)
abarìaddi (conditional plural present second-person)
abarìani (conditional plural present third-person)
àggia (conditional present singular)
aggi (conditional present singular)
àggia (conditional present singular third-person)
àggiami (conditional first-person plural present)
àggiaddi (conditional plural present second-person)
àggiani (conditional plural present third-person)
abùssia (conditional imperfect singular)
abussi (conditional imperfect singular)
abùssia (conditional imperfect singular third-person)
abùssiami (conditional first-person imperfect plural)
abùssiaddi (conditional imperfect plural second-person)
abùssiani (conditional imperfect plural third-person)
aggi (imperative second-person singular)
no abé (imperative second-person singular)
àggia (imperative singular third-person)
àggiami (first-person imperative plural)
àggiaddi (imperative plural second-person)
àggiani (imperative plural third-person)

From Latin habeō (“to have, hold, possess”), from Proto-Italic *habēō or *haβēō, probably from Proto-Indo-European *gʰh₁bʰ- (“to grab, to take”).

der

Si chidda fazziliddai
Gh’ abisi par iltimatti
Pudissi abé pa lassat[t]i,
Non farilti cantu fai.

c. 19ᵗʰ century, anonymous author, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese, volume 1 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 8, page 74:

If I could have the same ease in leaving you as I had in loving you, you wouldn't do what you do.

Prima éri tutta lusinghi,
abì un córi inzuccaradu

1956, Salvator Ruju, “Ischolta, Rimundì! [Listen, Raimondica!]”, in Agnireddu e Rusina; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba [Old and new Sassari], Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 68:

At first you were all flatteries; you had a sugarcoated heart

nulla più mi consola,
di quest'aria che odora
di mosto e di vino

1989 [1934], Giovanni Maria Cherchi, transl., Santuaini [October], translation of Ottobre by Vincenzo Cardarelli; collected in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others], Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1989:

nothing comforts me more than the air smelling like new wine

Candu n’abìa dizasetti, l’eddai chi eu aggiu abà, s’era già ingreffàddu e abìa puru innammuraddu cun d’una pizzinna.

2020 March 25, Ignazio Sanna, “Di nommu fozzu Asdrubale [My name is Asdrubale]”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese:

When he was seventeen—the age I am now—he had already found a group, and had also flirted with a girl.

(transitive) to have, possess
used to express age

Isthà chietta, prima o pói,
un maridu l’abaré

1956, Salvator Ruju, “Ischolta, Rimundì! [Listen, Raimondica!]”, in Agnireddu e Rusina [Old and new Sassari]; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 70:

Calm down: you’ll have a husband, sooner or later

Accóllu chi abìa una muglièri mara chi l’angariàba da manzanu a séra.

2015 May 31, Ignazio Sanna, “La paristhòria di lu santu óssu di lu barracòccu [The fable of the sacred apricot stone]”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese:

He had a wicked wife, who would nag him all day long.

(transitive) to have, used to state the existence or presence of someone in a specified relationship with the subject

La funelta mimoria
Di tanti passatempi ch’ eju abia

c. 19ᵗʰ century, anonymous author, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese, volume 1 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 4, page 69:

The gloomy memory of many pastimes I used to have

a fammi cumpagnia i la tristhura
soru abaraggiu chiddu pinsamentu
e, sobr’a la grundaia, un biddisò.

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Accannu [This year]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 55:

To keep me company, in the sadness, I will only have this thought, and – on the gutter – a sparrow.

(transitive) to have, used to state the interest for an object or event

Dananzi a l’occi abaraggiu un paesi
cuberthu da la nebi
digussì intatta e fini che in pintura.

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Guasi una fantasia [Almost a fantasy]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 135:

In front of my eyes, I will have a land covered by snow as fine and intact as in a picture.

(transitive) to have, used to express a spatial relation

Dilli chi paga aggiu auddu
Di cant’ aggiu trabagliaddu?

c. 19ᵗʰ century, Sebastiano di Branca, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese, volume 1 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 1, page 60:

Ask her, what compensation did I get for the work I've put in?

Li pizzonéddi chi firizzidài
abà ch’àni lu verdhi e li fiòri!
Èddi sì chi si gòdini l’amòri
i la lùzi cun tutta libarthai.

1956, Salvator Ruju, “Màggiu [May]”, in Agnireddu e Rusina; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 81:

The little birds, such happiness, now that they have the greenery and the flowers! Now, they are enjoying love in the light, with complete freedom.

No abèmmu aùddu figlióri, cussì la vuruntai di Déu di lu Zéru

2013 September 27, Ignazio Sanna, “L’ulthimi dì d’un inutiri avvinì [The last days of a pointless future]”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese:

We haven't had any children: such [was] the will of God of Heaven.

E n’invitabi a dugn’óra
pa pudemmi abé cun tegu.

1956, Salvator Ruju, “Ischolta, Rimundì! [Listen, Raimondica!]”, in Agnireddu e Rusina [Old and new Sassari]; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 69:

And you would make invitations at any time, to have me with you..

(transitive) to have (someone's) company

àggiu a andà

abaràggiu a andà

I will go (literally, “I will have to go”)

(auxiliary, in the present or future tense, followed by a + a verb in the infinitive) used in a construction of the future tense


raxoni

Di maltrattammi cussì,
La raxoni ca sarà[?]

c. 19ᵗʰ century, anonymous author, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese, volume 1 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 8, page 75:

What is the reason for mistreating me like this?


ciamà

ciamà (infinitive)
abé + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
ciamendi (gerund)
abendi + past participle (gerund multiword-construction)
ciamaddu (participle past)
ciamu (present singular)
ciami (present second-person singular)
ciama (present singular third-person)
ciamemmu (first-person plural present)
ciameddi (plural present second-person)
ciàmani (plural present third-person)
ciamaba (imperfect singular)
ciamabu (imperfect singular)
ciamabi (imperfect second-person singular)
ciamaba (imperfect singular third-person)
ciamàbami (first-person imperfect plural)
ciamàbaddi (imperfect plural second-person)
ciamàbani (imperfect plural third-person)
ciamesi (historic past singular)
ciamesi (historic past second-person singular)
ciamesi (historic past singular third-person)
ciamésimi (first-person historic past plural)
ciamésiddi (historic past plural second-person)
ciamésini (historic past plural third-person)
ciamaràggiu (future singular)
ciamaré (future second-person singular)
ciamarà (future singular third-person)
ciamaremu (first-person future plural)
ciamareddi (future plural second-person)
ciamarani (future plural third-person)
present indicative of abé + a ciamà (future)
present indicative of abé + a ciamà (first-person future plural second-person)
present indicative of abé + a ciamà (future second-person third-person)
future indicative of abé + a ciamà (future)
future indicative of abé + a ciamà (first-person future plural second-person)
future indicative of abé + a ciamà (future second-person third-person)
future of abé + past participle (future multiword-construction perfect)
future of abé + past participle (first-person future multiword-construction perfect plural second-person)
future of abé + past participle (future multiword-construction perfect second-person third-person)
ciamarìsthia (present singular)
ciamaria (present singular)
ciamaristhi (present second-person singular)
ciamarì (present second-person singular)
ciamarìsthia (present singular third-person)
ciamaria (present singular third-person)
ciamarìsthiami (first-person plural present)
ciamarìami (first-person plural present)
ciamarìsthiaddi (plural present second-person)
ciamarìaddi (plural present second-person)
ciamarìsthiani (plural present third-person)
ciamarìani (plural present third-person)
ciàmia (present singular)
ciami (present singular)
ciàmia (present singular third-person)
ciàmiami (first-person plural present)
ciàmiaddi (plural present second-person)
ciàmiani (plural present third-person)
ciamessi (imperfect singular)
ciamessi (imperfect singular third-person)
ciaméssimi (first-person imperfect plural)
ciaméssiddi (imperfect plural second-person)
ciaméssini (imperfect plural third-person)
ciama (imperative second-person singular)
no ciamà (imperative second-person singular)
ciàmia (imperative singular third-person)
ciamemmu (first-person imperative plural)
ciameddi (imperative plural second-person)
ciàmiani (imperative plural third-person)

From Latin clāmāre, present active infinitive of clāmō (“I cry out, clamor; I call”), from Proto-Italic *klāmāō, from Proto-Indo-European *kl̥h₁-m-, derived from the root *kelh₁- (“to call, cry, summon”). Cognate with Italian chiamare and Ligurian ciamâ.

Andeddi dunca a li punti de li carreli, e ciameddi a lu cujubugnu tutti chiddi, ch’abeddi a incuntrà.

1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter XXII, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew], London, translation of Il santo Vangelo di Gesù Cristo secondo Matteo (in Italian), verse 9, page 87:

So go to the street corners and call to the banquet anyone you find.

Mi ciama abà l’attugnu

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Santuaini [October]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others], Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 33:

Ciamà tu l’ài vuruda,
cun fèdi e umilthai,
la “Funtana di Sant’Antòni”, Eugè,
e invece è una curunna, un candaréri

1957, Salvator Ruju, “La funtana di sant’Antòni di E. Tavolara [E. Tavolara's "Fountain of St. Anthony"]”, in Sassari véccia e nóba [Old and new Sassari]; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 254:

With faith and humility, you decided to name it the “Fountain of St. Anthony”, Eugenio; and, instead, it is a column, a candlestick