ciamà

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See also: ciamâ and ĉiama

Istriot

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin clāmāre, possibly through Venetan ciamar; compare also Italian chiamare.

Verb

ciamà

  1. to call

Lombard

Etymology

Akin to Italian chiamare, from Latin clamare. Compare Portuguese chamar.

Verb

ciamà

  1. to call

Sassarese

Etymology

From Latin clāmāre (“to cry out, clamor; to 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.

Pronunciation

Verb

ciamà

  1. (transitive) to call
    • 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:
      Andeddi dunca a li punti de li carreli, e ciameddi a lu cujubugnu tutti chiddi, ch’abeddi a incuntrà.
      [Andeddi dunca a li punti de li carreri, e ciameddi a lu cuiubugnu tutti chiddi, ch’abeddi a incuntrà.]
      So go to the street corners and call to the banquet anyone you find.
    • 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Santuaini [October]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others], Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 33:
      Mi ciama abà l’attugnu
      Now Autumn is calling for me
      (literally, “Now the Autumn calls me”)
  2. (transitive) to telephone
    Synonym: tarefonà
  3. (transitive) to name
    • 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:
      Ciamà tu l’ài vuruda,
      cun fèdi e umilthai,
      la “Funtana di Sant’Antòni”, Eugè,
      e invece è una curunna, un candaréri
      With faith and humility, you decided to name it the “Fountain of St. Anthony”, Eugenio; and, instead, it is a column, a candlestick

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ciamà
infinitive simple ciamà
compound abé + past participle
gerund simple ciamendi
compound abendi + past participle
past participle ciamaddu
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative eu, éiu tu eddu/edda noi voi eddi
(simple tenses) present ciamu ciami ciama ciamemmu ciameddi ciàmani
imperfect ciamaba, ciamabu ciamabi ciamaba ciamàbami ciamàbaddi ciamàbani
past historic1 ciamesi ciamesi ciamesi ciamésimi ciamésiddi ciamésini
future ciamaràggiu ciamaré ciamarà ciamaremu ciamareddi ciamarani
present indicative of abé + a ciamà
future indicative of abé + a ciamà
(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 ciamarìsthia, ciamaria ciamaristhi, ciamarì ciamarìsthia, ciamaria ciamarìsthiami, ciamarìami ciamarìsthiaddi, ciamarìaddi ciamarìsthiani, ciamarìani
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 ciàmia ciami ciàmia ciàmiami ciàmiaddi ciàmiani
imperfect ciamessi ciamessi ciamessi ciaméssimi ciaméssiddi ciaméssini
(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
— ciama, no ciamà ciàmia ciamemmu ciameddi ciàmiani
1. Chiefly archaic, and generally replaced by the pluperfect

Derived terms

References

  • Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

Venetan

Verb

ciamà

  1. past participle of ciamar
  2. past participle of ciamarse
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