ammintà

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Sassarese

Etymology

Likely a semi-learned borrowing from Logudorese ammentare, from Old Italian ammentare, derived from mente (“mind”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /am.minˈta/
  • Hyphenation: am‧min‧tà

Verb

ammintà (first-person singular present ammentu, past participle ammintaddu, auxiliary abé)

  1. (transitive) to remember
    Synonym: ammintassi
    Antonyms: immintigà, ischurdhà
    • 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “La casa di li duganeri [The customs officers' house]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 163:
      Tu no l’ammenti la casa d’isthasera,
      éiu no soggu ca restha a ca si n’anda.
      You don't remember tonight's house, I don't know who's staying and who's leaving.
    • 2020 March 25, Ignazio Sanna, “Di nommu fozzu Asdrubale [My name is Asdrubale]”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese‎:
      l’innòmmu méu no sarìsthia séividdu nèmmancu a prigà un canòniggu o mancàrri ad ammintà un parènti o cuniscènti mórthu chi fùssia
      my name wouldn't have any use, not even to pray a canon, or maybe remember any dead relative or acquaintance
  2. (transitive) to remind
    • c. 19th century, G. Cossu Solinas, “”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese‎, volume 1 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 33, page 123:
      Eju no lassu però d’ammintatti,
      Si fai chissu sei un tradiddori!
      [Éiu no lassu però d’ammintatti,
      Si fai chissu sei un tradiddori!]
      But I won't shy away from reminding you: if you do this, you're a cheater!

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ammintà
infinitive simple ammintà
compound abé + past participle
gerund simple ammintendi
compound abendi + past participle
past participle ammintaddu
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative eu, éiu tu eddu/edda noi voi eddi
(simple tenses) present ammentu ammenti ammenta ammintemmu amminteddi ammèntani
imperfect ammintaba, ammintabu ammintabi ammintaba ammintàbami ammintàbaddi ammintàbani
past historic1 ammintesi ammintesi ammintesi ammintésimi ammintésiddi ammintésini
future ammintaràggiu ammintaré ammintarà ammintaremu ammintareddi ammintarani
present indicative of abé + a ammintà
future indicative of abé + a ammintà
(compound tenses) present perfect present indicative of abé + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of abé + past participle
past anterior1 past historic indicative of abé + past participle
future perfect future of abé + past participle
present of abé + a + abé + past participle
future of abé + a + abé + past participle
conditional eu, éiu tu eddu/edda noi voi eddi
present ammintarìsthia, ammintaria ammintaristhi, ammintarì ammintarìsthia, ammintaria ammintarìsthiami, ammintarìami ammintarìsthiaddi, ammintarìaddi ammintarìsthiani, ammintarìani
perfect present conditional of abé + past participle
subjunctive chi eu, chi éiu chi tu chi eddu/edda chi noi chi voi chi eddi
(simple tenses) present ammèntia ammenti ammèntia ammèntiami ammèntiaddi ammèntiani
imperfect ammintessi ammintessi ammintessi ammintéssimi ammintéssiddi ammintéssini
(compound tenses) past present subjunctive of abé + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of abé + past participle
imperative eu, éiu tu eddu/edda noi voi eddi
— ammenta, no ammintà ammèntia ammintemmu amminteddi ammèntiani
1. Chiefly archaic, and generally replaced by the pluperfect

Derived terms

References

  • Ugo Solinas (2016) Vocabolario sassarese-italiano fraseologico ed etimologico, volume 1, Sestu: Domus de Janas, →ISBN, page 101
  • 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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