abba

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


i

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

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


mela

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


ti

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

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


riga

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


alma

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


ala

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


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”).


sui

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


sui

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


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


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)


ara

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


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

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 68:

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

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

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

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)


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.)


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

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


cera

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


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.


cria

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


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.

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.


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”).


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

head

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)


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


bonu

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?


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.


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”).


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 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


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?


nebi

From Latin nix, nivem, from Proto-Italic *sniks, from Proto-Indo-European *snéygʷʰs, derived from the root *sneygʷʰ- (“to snow”).

E si tralfiguresi dananzi a eddis. E la so' faccia rilplindisi cumenti lu soli: e li so' viltiri si fesini bianchi cumenti la nebi.

1866, chapter XVII, 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 65:

And he was transfigured in front of them. And his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as snow.

Arimani una dì ch'éra un incantu,
e abà tutt'è bïancu, è fiucchendi,
e nèbi n'à ficchidu più d'un pàimu.

1956, Salvator Ruju, “Manzanu di nèbi [Snow morning]”, in Agnireddu e Rusina; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 95:

Yesterday was a wonderful day, and now everything is white, it's snowing, and more than a palm of snow has fallen.

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:

I'll have in front of my eyes a country covered by snow as intact and fine as in a picture.


sassaresu

head

sassaresu m (plural sassaresi, feminine sassaresa)

Sassarese (male native or inhabitant of Sassari)


sassaresu

E Sardella nò ti fazìa ridì
cu lu so’ sassaresu algharesinu?

1957, Salvator Ruju, “Lu caffè d’Abbondiu [Abbondiu's café]”, in Sassari véccia e nóba [Old and new Sassari]; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 280:

And Sardella, didn't he make you laugh, with his Alghero Sassarese?

Chisthu è un cuntaddu naddu umbè di tèmpu fa, candu la ziddai era ancóra paesi e si ciamàba Thathari. No si fabiddàba nemmàncu sassarésu; ma fèmmu finta chi èmmu.

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:

This is a tale born a very long time ago, when the city [Sassari] was still a borough, and was called Thathari. Sassarese wasn't even spoken. But let's pretend it was.


cruzi

(dialectal) Alternative form of crozi (“cross”)


occi

From Vulgar Latin oclus, syncopated form of Latin oculus (“eye”).

Holonym: fàccia

Meronyms: archu di l'occi, biancu di l'occi, isthicca, rètina

Bella veramente ſei tu, o mia diletta: bella veramente ſe’ tu, gli occhi tuoi ſon di colomba.

1863 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter I, 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 14, page 6:

You are very beautiful, o lover of mine, very beautiful. Your eyes are those of doves.

No taldà più, molti cara,
Sàrrami l’occi ti pregu, ¶ Già chi in la luzi ciara
Soggu oggi cun l’occi ceggu,
Mòltraddi amigga cun meggu
Fin’a videmmi intarraddu.

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 21, pages 101–102:

Please don't be late any longer, dear Death; please close my eyes. Already here, in the clear light, today I am with a blind eye. Prove yourself a friend to me until you see me buried.

Abà ch'è ischurighendi,
e l’ócci di lu sòri s’è cuadu
in fond’a l’aribari,
mi posu aizaréddu
inòghi i l’utturinu.

1957, Salvator Ruju, “Abà ch'è ischurighendi [Now that it's getting dark]”, in Sassari véccia e nóba [Old and new Sassari]; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 347:

Now that it's getting dark, and the sun's eye has hidden itself at the end of the olive grove, I'll sit down for a bit, here on the path.

Fammi vidé l’occi, mòsthrami li mani

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Lauda (29 abriri 1945) [Praise (April 29, 1945)]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 195:

Let me see your eyes, show me your hands


luzi

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

inh+

Lu pobbulu, chi caminaba in li tenebri, ha viltu una gran luzi; e a chiddi, chi erani pusaddi in lu paesi dill’ombra di la molti è nadda la luzi.

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 16, page 11:

The people, that was walking in the darkness, saw a great light; and to those, who were sitting in the land of the shadow of death, light was born.

Poltu mi soggu a cuntà
L’una, li dui, e li tre
Forsi pal vidè a te
Alla luzi di la luna

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 41, page 128:

I set about counting, one, two, and three o' clock, perhaps to see you in the moonlight

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.

(physics, uncountable) light (electromagnetic radiation)

Tra tuttu lu chi veggu in giru in giru
lu duròri no v’è, cussì mi pari.
È tinta la ziddài di luzi d’òru,
riprindenti è lu mari. […]

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “In isthadiari [During the summer]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 35:

Amidst all I see all around, pain is not there—so it seems. The city is painted with golden light, the sea is shining.


suili

Derived from Classical Latin suīle (“pigsty”), perhaps through Logudorese suile.


libru

From Latin librum, accusative of liber, from Proto-Italic *luβros, from Proto-Indo-European *lubʰ-ró-s, derived from the root *lewbʰ- (“to peel, cut off, harm”).

Libru di la generazioni di Gesù Criltu, figliolu di David, figliolu di Abramu

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 1, page 1:

Book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham


chizu

From Sardinian chizu, from Classical Latin cilium (“eyelid; (Medieval Latin) eyelash”), from Proto-Italic *keljom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-yo-m, derived from the root *ḱel- (“to cover”).

der

Holonym: fàccia


lugi

(dialectal) Alternative form of luzi (“light”)


vidda

From Late Latin vīta, from Proto-Italic *gʷītā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”).

Pal chissu vi diggu, no v’ affanneddi in pinsà, cumenti dibiddi alimintà la voltra vidda, nè cumenti viltì lu voltru colpu. La vidda no vali più dill’alimentu: e lu colpu più di li viltiri?

1866, chapter VI, 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 25, page 20:

Because of this I say to you: don't worry thinking how you should nourish your life, or how to clothe your body. Is life not worth more than nourishment, and the body [worth] more than clothes?

Già veggu ch’è pazzia
Ch’ è in manu di Deju vidda e molti,
E poi da chi nascimu
O preltu, o taldu è zeltu chi murimu.

c. 19ᵗʰ century, G. Cossu Solinas, “[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 48, page 140:

I can see how it's madness that life and death are in the hands of God; and, after we are born—sooner or later—it is certain that we die.

Ti vó bè finza lu sòri
chi ti tocca e t’abbaida;
nò v’è nudda nò i la vida
dòzzi cumènt’e l’amòri.

1956, Salvator Ruju, “Dézi o dòdizi figlióri [Ten or twelve children]”, in Agnireddu e Rusina; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 88:

Even the Sun, which touches you, and looks at you; there is nothing in life as sweet as love.

No soggu isthaddu mai
digussì
affriziunaddu a la vidda.

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Vigiendi [Keeping watch]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 95:

Mi dazi un folti tulmentu,
Lu no giumpì all’intentu
Passu la vidda affannadda.

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 50, page 141:

It gives me great torment to not accomplish the intent [marriage]. I spend my life in worry.

Dòzzi avvéru è la mé vida
cumènt’e règgia di méri.
Andu e tòrru i li firari
ma lu córi è undì sei tu.

1956, Salvator Ruju, “Lu mé córi è undì sei tu... [My heart is wherever you are...]”, in Agnireddu e Rusina; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 87:

My life is indeed sweet, like a honey-filled honeycomb. I go back and forth among the rows [of plants], but the heart is wherever you are.

Acchì […] no ipardhizieggi
la me’ debiri vidda […]
cument’ischanzilleggia la cimusgia
un ischrafioni sobr’a la lavagna.

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “[untitled poem]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 155:

Why don't you erase my feeble life, like a duster erases a scribble on the blackboard?

Cantu è iltrinta la gianna, e cantu è iltrintu lu caminu, chi cunduzi alla vidda: e cantu pogghi sò chiddi, chi l’ incontrani!

1866, chapter VII, 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 14, page 23:

How narrow is the door, how narrow is the path, that leads to life, and how few are those who find it!

essence of the manifestation and the foundation of the being

E eccu unu, chi si l’ avvizinesi, e li dizisi: Maltru bonu, chi aggiu a fà di bonu par uttinì la vidda eterna?

1866, chapter XIX, 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 16, page 74:

And there was one, who got close to him, and said: "Good master, what good am I to do in order to obtain eternal life?

In chisthu attugnu chi pianu,
pianu si n’anda,
in agunia
è lu tempu più beddu di la vidda
e senza pressa z’è dizendi adiu.

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Attugnu [Autumn]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 59:

In this Autumn, that ever so slowly goes away, in agony, is the most beautiful time of life, and it's saying goodbye to us, with no hurry.


vidda

From Tuscan Italian vita (“screw”) (standard: vite), from Classical Latin vītis (“vine”), Proto-Italic *wītis, from Proto-Indo-European *wéh₁itis (“that which twines or bends, branch, switch”), from *weh₁y- (“to turn, wind, bend”).


chiza

From Sardinian chiza, from Classical Latin cilia, plural of cilium (“eyelid; (Medieval Latin) eyelash”), from Proto-Italic *keljom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-yo-m, derived from the root *ḱel- (“to cover”).


tataresu

head

tataresu m (plural tataresi, feminine tataresa)

(uncountable) Sassarese (Romance language)

Synonym of sassaresu:
Sassarese (Romance language)


milinzana

Possibly from Medieval Latin melongena; cf. Italian melanzana, Sicilian mulinciana, Greek μελιτζάνα (melitzána). Ultimately from Arabic باذنجان, from Persian بادنجان.

der

Arabic باذنجان

Persian بادنجان


forru

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


pesciu

Inherited from Classical Latin piscis, pisce(m) (with a change in the final vowel), from Proto-Italic *piskis, from Proto-Indo-European *pisḱ-i-s, from the root *peysk-.


zelu

Lu Zelu è già olcuraddu, ¶ Lu soli no rilplendi, nè la luna!

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, pages 135–136:

The sky is already darkened; the sun no longer shines, nor [does] the moon!

Vi dico ancora, che ſe due di voi ſi accorderanno ſopra la terra a domandare qualſiſia coſa, ſarà loro conceſſa dal Padre mio ch’ è ne’ cieli.

1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter XVIII, 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 71:

I also tell you that if two of you will have an agreement on earth, to demand anything, it will be given to them by my Father who is in the heavens.

Archaic form of zeru:
heaven (abode of deities)

Archaic form of zeru:
heaven (afterlife of the blessed dead)


isthella

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


isthaddu

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


asulu

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


sedda

Inherited from Classical Latin sēta, monophthongized alternative form of saeta (“bristle, hair; (Late Latin) silk”), from Proto-Italic *saitā, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂it-o/eh₂-, *sh₂éyt-o/eh₂-, derived from the root *sh₂ey-, *seh₂i- (“to bind, fetter”).


sedda

Inherited from Classical Latin sella (“seat; (Late Latin) saddle”), from Proto-Italic *sedlā, from Proto-Indo-European *sed-lo- (“seat”), derived from the root *sed- (“to sit”).


sisia

Bellis perennis
Bellis perennis#Translingual

(botany):
common daisy (Bellis perennis)

(botany):
The plant Bellium bellidioides.

lily of the valley
lily of the valley#English

Convallaria majalis
Convallaria majalis#Translingual

lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis)


sassaresa

Sassarese (female native or inhabitant of Sassari)


gadduresa

Gallurese (female native or inhabitant of Gallura)


verdhi

From Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Classical Latin viridis, derived from vireō. Cognate with Sardinian birde and Gallurese veldi.

La tèrra, in dugna càbura, un incantu
di vèrdhi e fiòri.
Rusì, e tu cantabi.

1956, Salvator Ruju, “L’ipìgura [Lavender]”, in Agnireddu e Rusina; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 118:

All around, the ground was a marvel of greenery and flowers, Rosina, and you were singing.


basthardhu

head

basthardhu m (plural basthardhi, feminine basthardha)

basthardhi (plural)
basthardha (feminine)

From Late Latin bastardus, from Frankish.


grìgiu

Possibly borrowed from Italian grigio, from Frankish *grīs, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz.


rùiu

From Classical Latin rubeus (“red; reddish”), derived from rubeō (“I redden”).


azurru

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


biaittu

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


ischurana

female equivalent of ischuranu: schoolchild, schoolgirl


caggazzua

Cyanistes caeruleus
Cyanistes caeruleus#Translingual


ischuranu

ischuranu m (plural ischurani, feminine ischurana)

Probably from Late Vulgar Latin *scholānus, variant of Classical Latin scholāris, derived from schola.


masthra

female equivalent of masthru: (female) teacher


masthru

masthru m (plural masthri, feminine masthra)

From Italian mastro, or from Latin magistrum, accusative of magister.


ischora

From Latin schola, borrowed from Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ), from Proto-Hellenic *skʰolā́, from Proto-Indo-European *sǵʰh₃leh₂, derived from the root *seǵʰ- (“to hold; to overpower”).

Augusto abìa dassaddu l’ischóra pa’ aggiuddà lu babbu – un “paddronaréddu” pròprietariu d’un òtòcarru abànzu di ghèrra

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

Augusto had dropped school in order to help his father, a small proprietor, owner of a truck left over from the war


zittadinu

zittadinu m (plural zittadini, feminine zittadina)

From Italian cittadino, derived from Old Italian cittade (“city”).


baglioru

With a shift in gender, from Late Latin variola, derived from Classical Latin varius.


ziddai

From Old Italian cittade, from Latin cīvitātem, accusative form of cīvitās (“citizenship; state”), from Old Latin ceivitās, from Proto-Italic *keiwitāts, derived from *keiwis (“society”), ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- (“to be lying down; to settle”).

der

No si pò cuà una ziddai frabbiggadda sobbra d’un monti.

1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter V, 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 13:

One cannot hide a city built on top of a mountain.

In Lombaldia v’ è un[a] ziddai,
Eju ti la diggu, e tu no la sai
Comu si giama ilta ziddai?

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 20, page 99:

In Lombardy, there's a city; I tell you [which one it is], and you don't know it. How is this city called?

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] (overall work in Sassarese and Italian), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 47:

About the native town, and its delicate heart, a mother remembers it was as green and full of flowers like a garden.

Chisthu è un cuntaddu naddu umbè di tèmpu fa, candu la ziddai era ancóra paesi e si ciamàba Thathari.

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:

This is a tale born a very long time ago, when the city [Sassari] was still a borough, and was called Thathari.


prufissuressa

female equivalent of prufissori: (female) professor


gadduresu

head

gadduresu m (plural gadduresi, feminine gadduresa)

Gallurese (male native or inhabitant of Gallura)


prufissori

prufissori m (invariable, feminine prufissuressa)

From Latin professōrem, accusative of professor, derived from professus, perfect passive participle of profiteor (“I declare publicly”).


labagna

From the toponym Lavagna, a municipality of Genoa.


làpisi

Likely from Italian lapis, from Latin lapis (“stone”).


quadernu

From Medieval Latin quaternus (“fourfold”), from quater (“four times”), from quattuor (“four”).


càttedra

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

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

chair, professorship (teaching post in a university)


cimùsgia

From Vulgar Latin cimussa, of unknown further origin.

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others], Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 155:

A piece of fabric used as a chalkboard eraser.


tinteri

From Catalan tinter, derived from tinta (“ink”).


caramàiu

From Latin calamārius (“of or pertaining to a writing reed”), derived from calamus (“reed, cane”).


bidellu

Likely borrowed from Italian bidello, from Medieval Latin bidellus, from Frankish *bidal (“messenger”), from Proto-Germanic *budilaz.


ghìsgiu

Probably from Catalan guix, from Latin gypsum, from Ancient Greek γύψος (gúpsos), of unknown further origin.

(uncountable) chalk (soft, white, powdery limestone)

chalk (piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard)


àura

From Latin aula (“court, forecourt”), borrowed from Ancient Greek αὐλή (aulḗ, “open court, courtyard”).


temperaràpisi

Borrowed from Italian temperalapis, with influence from làpisi (“pencil”).


temperarapis

pencil sharpener
pencil sharpener#English


présidi

Probably from Italian preside, from Latin praeses, praesidem (“guardian; chief”), derived from praesideō (“I sit before; I guard; I preside over”).

(education) headmaster m, headmistress f, headteacher, schoolmaster


cumpassu

Likely a borrowing from Italian compasso.

pair of compasses
pair of compasses#English


pasthellu

Likely a borrowing from Italian pastello, from Medieval Latin pastellum (“dough, paste”), derived from Late Latin pasta.


isquadra

Likely a borrowing from Italian squadra.


fógliu

From Latin folium (“leaf; petal; sheet of paper”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰolh₃-yom, derived from the root *bʰleh₃- (“bloom; flower”).

inh

sheet (thin layer of paper or other material)


isthasgioni

From Latin statiōnem, accusative of statiō (“outpost; station; watch; position”), derived from the verb stō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-. Doublet of isthazioni.

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], Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 13:

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


isthazioni

From Latin statiōnem, accusative of statiō (“outpost; station; watch; position”), derived from the verb stō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-. Doublet of isthasgioni.


attugnu

A semi-learned borrowing — reshaped similarly to Italian autunno — from Spanish otoño, from Classical Latin autumnus, from earlier auctumnus, of uncertain further origin.

In chisthu attugnu chi pianu,
pianu si n’anda

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Santuaini [October]”, in La poesia di l'althri (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 59:

In this autumn, that slowly, slowly goes away

Tébiu è ‘nde noi l’atugnu
da l’aggrumàddi nui,
da li pàmpini rui.

2009 May 9, Ignazio Sanna, “L’atugnu inde noi [Autumn around our parts]”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese:

Mild around our parts is the autumn, with massed clouds, with red vine leaves.


inverru

From Vulgar Latin *hīnbernum, a modification of Latin hībernum (tempus).

Prigheddi poi, chi no dèbiaddi fuggì d’inverru, o di sàbbaddu.

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 20, page 97:

Pray that your flight may not be in winter or on a Sabbath.

Poi, pa’ tuttu lu freddu di l’inverru,
a fammi cumpagnia i la tristhura
soru abaraggiu chiddu pinsamentu

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

Then, in all of winter’s cold, I'll only have this thought to keep me company in the sadness

No abé timòri si torrani li nui,
eu saraggiu da abà a datti curaggiu;
vedarai: passarà chisth’althru invèrru

2010 October 2, Ignazio Sanna, “Un althru invèrru [Another winter]”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese:

Don't be afraid if clouds return; from now on, I'll be here to give you strength. You'll see: this new winter will pass


isthiu

d’isthiu

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 [1770s], Antonio Martini, “Cap. 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 32, page 99:

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

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.

E sobr’a lu taurinu unì pusaddi
tuttu l’isthiu zi semmu, so’ caggendi
abà li fogli di l’àiburi […]

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Sobr’a lu taurinu [Upon the table]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others], Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 33:

And upon the table, where we've been sitting all summer, now the trees' leaves are falling

Ma l’isthiu… ah, chi beddu l’isthiu

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:


manzanu

From Vulgar Latin *māneānum, derived from Latin māne.

E’ ſimile il regno de’ cieli ad un Padre di famiglia, il quale andò di gran mattino a pigliare a fitto de’ lavoratori per la ſua vigna.

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 1, page 76:

The Kingdom of Heaven is similar to a father in a household, who left early in the morning to take workers to his vineyard.

[…] non sai dirci addio,
tornando ogni mattina
come un nuovo miracolo

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, page 59:

You [the Sun] still can't leave, nor can you say goodbye, returning each morning, new like a miracle

la dì bona si vedi lu manzanu

you can tell a good day by the morning; proverb


ivvrùnziu

Alternative form of ivvrùnciu (“reproach”)


abagnériu

From Ecclesiastical Latin ēvangelium, borrowed from Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion, “good news”).


àimma

From Classical Latin arma, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmos (“fitting”), from the root *h₂er- (“to join”).


peddra

(dialectal) Alternative form of predda (“stone”)


àilma

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


predda

From a metathesis of Classical Latin petra, borrowed from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra), of unknown further etymology.

(uncountable) a hard earthen substance that can form large rocks


chirigga

Alternative form of cherigga (“tonsure”)


cherigga

From Early Medieval Latin clērica, noun use of an ellipsis of Ecclesiastical Latin clērica tōnsiō (“clerical tonsure”).


crozi

Inherited from Classical Latin crux, crucem, from Proto-Italic *kruks or *krukis, of unknown further origin.

inh+

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

1866, Giovanni Spano, chapter X, in Il Vangelo di S. Matteo volgarizzato in dialetto sardo sassarese (overall work in Sassarese and Italian), London, verse 38, page 37:

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


occhji

(dialectal, anatomy) Alternative form of occi (“eye”)


frebba

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frebba f (plural frebbi, diminutive frebbaredda, augmentative frebboni)

frebbi (plural)
frebbaredda (diminutive)
frebboni (augmentative)

Inherited from Classical Latin febris, from Proto-Italic *feɣʷris, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰris, an extension of the root *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn, warm”).


abaunzu

Deverbal from abaunzà (“to soil, to dirty”)


dresthu

From a metathesis of Classical Latin dextrum, dexterum, accusative of dexter, from Proto-Italic *deksteros, from Proto-Indo-European *deḱs-terós, derived from the root *deḱs- (“right (side)”).


ilprina

(dialectal) Alternative form of ippina (“thorn”)


ippina

From Classical Latin spīna, from Proto-Italic *speinā, from Proto-Indo-European *spey-neh₂, derived from the root *spey- (“long; thin; sharp”).


festha

From Late Latin festa, alternative form of fēsta, derived from Classical Latin fēstum (“holiday; banquet”), from Proto-Italic *fēstos, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁s-to-s, derived from the root *dʰéh₁s (“deity; sacred place”).

der

Ma diziani: No in dì, di felta, palchì no suzzedia ribuluzioni in lu pobbulu.

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 5, page 107:

But they were saying: "Not in a day of celebration, so that there's no tumult among the people.

Pal me non v’è più felta,
La me’ felta è lu dolu e sulpirà

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:

There's no more celebration for me; my celebration is the sorrow and sighing


lepparu

E li lèpari? Ahi, li cozzaréddi!
Cu l’isthradòni, li fari abbaglianti,
cun tanti cazzadòri nubitóri
mi li sarudi[…]

1957, Salvator Ruju, “Cazza gróssa i la Nurra, adiu adiu! [Big hunt in the Nurra, goodbye, goodbye!]”, in Sassari véccia e nóba [Old and new Sassari]; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 221:

And what about the hares? Oh, the poor things! With the roads, [with] the high-beam headlights, with so many amateur hunters, you can just kiss them goodbye

E no fabéddu sóru pa’ noi lèppari! Vi so’ puru parènti nosthri… Li cunigliuri, si puru no zi pudìmmu arrampanà assai…

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:

And I'm not just speaking for us hares! There are also relatives of ours… Rabbits, even though we can't really stand each other…


grisgima

Inherited from Late Latin chrīsma, from Ancient Greek χρῖσμᾰ (khrîsma, “anointing, unction”), derived from χρῑ́ω (khrī́ō, “I smear with; I anoint”), derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrey- (“to smear; to paint; to streak”).


antiggu

PIE word
 *h₂énti
From Classical Latin antiquus, from a Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti-h₃kʷ-o-s (literally “facing the front”)

inh

Abeddi intesu, ch’ è iltaddu dittu all’ antigghi: No ammazzà: ca però ammazzarà, sarà reu di giudiziu.

1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter V, 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 21, page 14:

You heard that it was said to the ancients "Do not murder; however, whoever murders will be in danger of judgement."

La genti ancora ammazzi cumenti l’ammazzabani
l’antigghi e l’animari chi ti vidìani
pa’ la prima voltha. […]

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “L’ommu d’oggindì [Man nowadays]”, in La poesia di l'althri (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 189:

You still kill people like the ancients, and the animals meeting you for the first time, used to kill them.

(in the plural) ancients (people of the distant past)


zeppu

Inherited from Classical Latin cippus, of uncertain further origin.


umaniddai

PIE word
 *dʰéǵʰōm
Borrowed from Classical Latin hūmānitās, hūmānitātem, derived from hūmānus (“human”).

Zibiri è, assabuda,
piena d’umanidai

1957, Salvator Ruju, “Un pézzu di Sassari nóba [A piece of the new Sassari]”, in Sassari véccia e nóba [Old and new Sassari]; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 191:

It [Sassari] is civil, wise, full of humanity


ghisaddu

Borrowed from Spanish guisado (“stew”), past participle of guisar (“to stew”).

(uncountable) a meat stew with tomato sauce


abbàddiga

Likely borrowed from Sardinian. Compare Logudorese abbàdiga (“a part of a garden reserved for growing melons”), from Classical Latin aquātica (“water (attributive), aquatic”).


innommu

Olio ſparſo è il tuo nome: per queﬅo le fanciulle ti amarono.

1863 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter I, 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 2, page 5:

Your name is spread oil; for this the maidens loved you.

No aggiu be’ cumprésu ma mi pari un innòmmu chi no si dazi nemmancu a li cani.

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

I didn't quite get it, but to me it seems like a name you wouldn't give to a dog.


isthintinesu

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isthintinesu m (plural isthintinesi, feminine isthintinesa)

isthintinesi (plural)
isthintinesa (feminine)

Isthintini (“Stintino”) + -esu (“-ese, of a particular place”)

af

native or inhabitant of Stintino (male or of unspecified gender)


isthintinesu

the dialect of the Sassarese language spoken in the area of Stintino


isthintinu

PIE word
 *h₁én
Inherited from Classical Latin intestīnum (“entrails, innards”), nominalization of intestīnus (“internal”, adjective).


nommu

PIE word
 *h₁nómn̥
Inherited from Classical Latin nōmen, from Proto-Italic *nomen, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”).

E mutogli il nome, e chiamollo in lingua Egiziana Salvatore del mondo.

1863 [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 45, page 26:

And he changed his name, and called him in the Egyptian language, "Savior of the world".

Si m’amessi tu coltanti
Comu già ti vogliu bè,
Tu darilti solu a me
Nomu di fideli amanti.

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 31, page 119:

If you loved as consistently as I love you, you would give the name of faithful lover to me only.

O me’ figlioru, t’hani incabaddu l’occi,
fatt’a pezzi le mani pa’ un nommu da tradì.

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Lauda (29 abriri 1945) [Praise (April 29, 1945)]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 195:

O my son, they dug out your eyes, [and] broken your hands, for a name to betray.

Elisabetta? Ma ti pari un nommu sardhu? Nooo, tu no sei sincaru. Etta è la miminaddùra d’Efisiètta, maccu!

Elisabetta? Does that look like a Sardinian name to you?! No, you're weird. Etta is short for Efisietta, you nutjob!


vuruntai

From earlier voluntai, likely from Old Ligurian volontai (modern Genoese Ligurian voentæ), from Classical Latin voluntās, voluntātem (“will; desire; disposition”). Compare Gallurese vuluntai.

der

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

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


primmabera

PIE word
 *wósr̥
Likely borrowed from Italian primavera, from Late Latin prīma vēra, alternative form of prīmum vēr (“early spring”).

Cabidannu è cussì vibu in chistha terra
di pianu e li pàschuri verdhi
cumenti in primabéra sò li baddi
di l’isuri suriani.

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “A l’ipicciadda di lu sori [At sunrise]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 177:

September is so lively in this level land, and the pastures green like the valleys of the sunny islands are during springtime.


rasgioni

Likely through Sardinian (compare Campidanese raxoni), from Classical Latin ratiō, ratiōnem (“reason, reasoning”).

È rasgioni naturali
Chi moltra in te lu difettu
Di no abè nisciun’affettu

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 140:

It's natural reason that shows your flaw of lacking all affection

A miliardhi sò passaddi l’anni
e l’ommu, fattu sìmiri a Deiu
di figura e di menti,
senza mai pasu, cu la so’ rasgioni,
[…]
i lu zeru sirenu d’una notti
di santuaìni, althri luzi z’ha posthu

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “A l’althra luna [To the other moon]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 197:

Years have passed, in billions; and man, made similar to God in aspect and mind, without rest, with his reason, […] placed in the clear sky of an October night other lights

E conducetemi il voﬅro fratello più piccolo, affinchè io poſſa eſſere chiarito di quel, che dite, e non ſiate condannati a morire.

1863 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter XLII, 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 20, pages 32–33:

And bring your youngest brother to me, so that he can prove your motives, and [so that] you don't die.

Lu to’ ilpiritu vibu
Currilpondi a pilfizioni
Pal chilti, e altri rasgioni
Lu me cori è obbligaddu.

c. 19ᵗʰ century, Maria Grazia Mureddu-Cossu, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese, volume 1 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 18, page 97:

Your lively spirit corresponds to perfection: for these—and other—reasons, my heart is obliged.


isthaddiari

Likely borrowed from Logudorese istadiale (“summer (attributive)”, adjective), derived from istade (“summer”), from Latin aestās, aestātem (“summer”).

bor+

L’isthadiari aràmidu
lu rifrigeriu aisetta
di un timpurari

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

The dry summer waits for the coolness of a rainstorm


ammentu

Likely borrowed from Logudorese ammentu, deverbal of ammentare (“to remember”).

[…] 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.


ammenti

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


voluntai

Ah, s’abissi voluntai
Di vindicammi di te!

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:

Ah, if only I had the will to get revenge against you!


volundai

Già chi cussì vuleddi
Fatta sia la voltra volundai


isthagioni

sì ch’a bene sperar m’era cagione
di quella fiera a la gaetta pelle
l’ora del tempo e la dolce stagione

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 9, lines 41–43:

so that it was a reason for good hope for this fine-furred beast, the morning, and the sweet season

Alternative form of isthasgioni (“season”)


fàura

Semi-learned borrowing from Logudorese fàula (“lie”), from Classical Latin fābula (“narrative; fable; poem”). Compare Catalan faula (“fable; falsehood”). Doublet of fora (“fable”).

der

dì fauri

[…] 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.

tuttu lu chi v’abìa fattu bì in chissa vigìria di Pascha era sóru una gróssa faura

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

everything he had you believe in that Easter Eve was just a big lie


spìcchju

(dialectal) Alternative form of ippìcciu (“mirror”)


furthuna

Semi-learned borrowing from Classical Latin fortūna (“fortune, luck”), from Proto-Italic *fortūnā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥tewnéh₂, derived from the root *bʰer- (“to carry”). Compare Gallurese foltuna.

slbor

Santu Marthinu bastha a fantumallu
ch’eddu t’arregga puru la furthuna
e ti fazi vibì di bona luna.

1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Li santi di la bidda meia [The saints of my town]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 81:

Saint Martin: it's enough to name him, and he even brings you luck, and makes you live with a good moon.


chirina

Likely borrowed from Sardinian (compare Logudorese chirina, cherina, and Nuorese chirina, derived from chirra (“bough, branch”), in reference to the branches used to cover the pigsty.)

(dialectal) pigsty, especially with a roof made from branches


foltuna

Semi-learned borrowing from Classical Latin fortūna (“fortune, luck”), from Proto-Italic *fortūnā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥tewnéh₂, derived from the root *bʰer- (“to carry”). Compare Sassarese furthuna.

Oh, bedda mea, bianca foltuna

1990 September 24, Fabrizio De André (lyrics and music), “Monti di Mola [Mountains of Mola]”, in Le nuvole [Clouds], performed by Fabrizio De André ft. Tazenda, →OCLC:


purchiri

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *porcīle (“pigsty”), derived from Classical Latin porcus (“piglet; pig”).

inh+

(figurative) pigsty (dirty or very untidy place)


ippìcciu

Inherited from Late Latin speclum, from Classical Latin speculum (“mirror, looking glass”), derived from speciō (“I observe, look at”) + -ulum (instrument suffix).
Compare Italian specchio, Nuorese isprecu, Logudorese ispeju, Campidanese sprigu.


ippìcciu

Inherited from Classical Latin spīculum (“little sharp point or sting”), diminutive of spīcum, spīca (“head, ear, spike (of grain)”).
Compare Italian spicchio, Logudorese isprigu, Nuorese ispricu.


polcu

(dialectal) Alternative form of porchu (“pig”)


porchu

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