ammentu

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Sassarese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /amˈmɛn.tu/
  • Hyphenation: am‧mèn‧tu

Etymology 1

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

Noun

ammentu m (plural ammenti)

  1. memory (stored record)
    • 1989 [1934], Giovanni Maria Cherchi, Paràuri, adaptation of Parole by Umberto Saba; collected in La poesia di l'althri, Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1989, page 11:
      S’isciogliaristhia i lu matessi tempu
      lu muntoni trimendu di l’ammenti
      cument’e nèbi candu v’è lu sòri.
      At the same time, the dreadful heap of memories would melt like snow when the sun is there.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ammentu

  1. first-person singular present indicative of ammintà
  2. first-person singular present indicative of ammintassi

References

  • Ugo Solinas (2016) Vocabolario sassarese-italiano fraseologico ed etimologico, volume 1, Sestu: Domus de Janas, →ISBN, page 100
  • Giosue Muzzo (1981) Vocabolario del dialetto sassarese, Chiarella Editore, →ISBN; republished, Sassari: Carlo Delfino editore, 2018, page 34
  • Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes
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