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Gallurese
Pronunciation
Numeral
zentu
- (dialectal) Alternative form of centu (“a hundred”)
References
- ^ Mauro Maxia (2012) Fonetica storica del gallurese e delle altre varietà sardocorse (in Sassarese), Editrice Taphros, →ISBN
Sassarese
Etymology
Inherited from Classical Latin centum, from Proto-Italic *kentom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm.
Pronunciation
Numeral
zentu
- (cardinal number) a hundred (100)
1866, chapter XVIII, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), London, translation of Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, verse 12, page 70:Chi vi ni pari? Si unu ha zentu peguri, e una di chilti si peldi: forsi no lassa eddu li nobantanobi sobra li monti, e anda a zilcà chidda, chi s’è pessa?- What do you think? If one has a hundred sheep, and of them gets lost, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains, and go look for the lost one?
References
- ^ Mauro Maxia (2012) Fonetica storica del gallurese e delle altre varietà sardocorse (in Sassarese), Editrice Taphros, →ISBN