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Sassarese
Etymology
From earlier abalabà, from a univerbation of abal'abà (literally “now now”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
abarabà
- now, right now
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:tantu, abarabà! La meccanica è guastha e di cussì rimani!- Well, now! The mechanism is out of order, and that's how it's going to stay!
- just, just now
- now, right away, at once
References
- Ugo Solinas (2016) Vocabolario sassarese-italiano fraseologico ed etimologico, volume 1, Sestu: Domus de Janas, →ISBN, page 7
- Giosue Muzzo (1981) Vocabolario del dialetto sassarese, Chiarella Editore, →ISBN; republished, Sassari: Carlo Delfino editore, 2018, page 25
- Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes