By surface analysis, sonnu (“sleep”, noun) + -ari (verb-forming suffix). Possibly corresponds to a Vulgar Latin *somnāre; cf. Neapolitan sonnare.
sunnari
| infinitive | sunnari | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | sunnannu | ||||||
| past participle | sunnatu | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | iu | tu | iddu/idda | nuàutri | vuàutri | iddi | |
| present | sunnu | sunni | sunna | sunnamu | sunnati | sonnanu, sonnunu | |
| imperfect | sunnava, sunnavu | sunnavi | sunnava | sunnàvamu | sunnàvavu | sunnàvanu, sunnàvunu | |
| preterite | sunnai | sunnasti | sunnau, sunnò | sunnammu, sunnamu | sunnàstivu | sunnàrunu, sunnaru | |
| future1 | sunnirò, sunnirogghiu | sunnirai | sunnirà | sunniremu | sunnireti, sunniriti | sunnirannu | |
| present perfect | Use the present indicative tense of aviri plus the past participle | ||||||
| past perfect | Use the imperfect indicative tense of aviri plus the past participle | ||||||
| conditional1 | iu | tu | iddu/idda | nuàutri | vuàutri | iddi | |
| present | sunnirìa | sunnirissi | sunnirìa | sunnirìamu | sunnirìavu | sunnirìanu | |
| past | Use the present conditional tense of aviri plus the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | iu | tu | iddu/idda | nuàutri | vuàutri | iddi | |
| present | sunnu | sunni | sunna | sunnamu | sunnati | sonnanu, sonnunu | |
| imperfect | sunnassi | sunnassi | sunnassi | sunnàssimu | sunnàssivu | sunnàssiru | |
| present perfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of aviri plus the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | vossìa | nuàutri | vuàutri | – | |
| — | sunna | sunnassi | sunnamu | sunnati | — | ||
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