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Sassarese
Etymology
For a similar construction, compare Portuguese comigo and Spanish conmigo.
Pronunciation
Adverb
cun meggu
- with me
Babbu e mamma fabèddani in sassaresu cun meggu.- My parents speak in Sassarese with me.
- (literally, “Father and mother talk in Sassarese with me.”)
1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter XII, 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 30, page 44:Ca no è cun meggu, e contra di me: e cu no ammuntona cun meggu, ilpagli.- [Ca no è cun meggu, è contra di me: e cu no ammuntona cun meggu, ippagli.]
- Whoever is not with me, and against me, and whoever does not gather with me, scatters.
c. 19th century, anonymous author, “”, 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: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.- [No tardhà più, morthi cara,
Sàrrami l’occi ti pregu,
¶
Già chi in la luzi ciara
Soggu oggi cun l’occi ceggu,
Mòsthraddi amigga cun meggu
Fin’a videmmi intarraddu.] - 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.
- (literally, “ Show yourself a friend with me .”)
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References
- Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes