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Sassarese
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Etymology
Inherited from Classical Latin nōmen, from Proto-Italic *nomen, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”).
Pronunciation
Noun
nommu m (plural nommi)
- name
1863 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter XLI, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'iltoria di Giuseppi l'ebreu [The story of Joseph the Jewish], London, translation of Il Libro della Genesi (in Italian), verse 45, page 26:E li ciambesi lu nomu, e lu ciamesi in linga egiziana, Salvadori di lu mondu.- [E li ciambesi lu nomu, e lu ciamesi in linga egiziana, Saivadori di lu mondu.]
- And he changed his name, and called him in the Egyptian language, "Savior of the world".
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 31, page 119:Si m’amessi tu coltanti / Comu già ti vogliu bè, / Tu darilti solu a me / Nomu di fideli amanti.- [Si m’amessi tu costhanti / Comu già ti vógliu bè, / Tu daristhi soru a me / Nomu di fideri amanti.]
- If you loved as consistently as I love you, you would give the name of faithful lover to me only.
1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Lauda (29 abriri 1945) [Praise (April 29, 1945)]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 195:O me’ figlioru, t’hani incabaddu l’occi, / fatt’a pezzi le mani pa’ un nommu da tradì.- O my son, they dug out your eyes, broken your hands, for a name to betray.
2020 March 25, Ignazio Sanna, “Di nommu fozzu Asdrubale [My name is Asdrubale]”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese:Elisabetta? Ma ti pari un nommu sardhu? Nooo, tu no sei sincaru. Etta è la miminaddùra d’Efisiètta, maccu!- Elisabetta? Does that look like a Sardinian name to you?! No, you're not normal. Etta is a diminutive of Efisietta, you nutjob!
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References
- Ugo Solinas (2016) Vocabolario sassarese-italiano fraseologico ed etimologico, volume 2, Sestu: Domus de Janas, →ISBN, page 872
- Giosue Muzzo (1981) “nòmu”, in Vocabolario del dialetto sassarese, Chiarella Editore, →ISBN; republished, Sassari: Carlo Delfino editore, 2018, page 135
- Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes