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Sardinian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *eccum iste. Compare Italian questo, Sicilian chistu, Romanian acest, Occitan aqueste, Catalan aquest.
Adjective
custu (feminine singular custa, masculine plural custos, feminine plural custas)
- (Logudorese) this
custu (feminine singular custa, masculine plural custos, feminine plural custas)
- (Campidanese) this
1842, Giuanni Rossi, “De sa gramatica, e de is partis de su discursu”, in Elementus de gramatica de su dialettu sardu meridionali e de sa lingua italiana, Casteddu: Stamperia de Antoni Timon, section 26, page 9:Custas classis si nanta cun d'unu vocabulu comunu a totus partis de su discursu- These classes are called using a term common to all: parts of speech
Pronoun
custu m (feminine singular custa, masculine plural custos, feminine plural custas)
- (Logudorese) this, this one
custu m (feminine singular custa, masculine plural custus, feminine plural custas)
- (Campidanese) this, this one
1842, Giuanni Rossi, “De s'avverbiu”, in Elementus de gramatica de su dialettu sardu meridionali e de sa lingua italiana, Casteddu: Stamperia de Antoni Timon, section 164, page 140:Po esprimiri custu est neçessariu aggiungiri a su verbu un atru vocabulu- In order to express this, we need to add another word to the verb
- (literally, “To express this, it is necessary to add to the verb another word”)
References
- Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) “kústu”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg