attugnu
Sassarese edit
Alternative forms edit
- atugnu (alternative spelling)
Etymology edit
A semi-learned borrowing — reshaped similarly to Italian autunno — from Spanish otoño, from Classical Latin autumnus, from earlier auctumnus, of uncertain further origin.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
attugnu m (plural attugni)
- autumn (season)
- 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Santuaini [October]”, in La poesia di l'althri (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 59:
- In chisthu attugnu chi pianu,
pianu si n’anda- In this autumn, that slowly, slowly goes away
- 2009 May 9, Ignazio Sanna, “L’atugnu inde noi [Autumn around our parts]”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese[1]:
- Tébiu è ‘nde noi l’atugnu
da l’aggrumàddi nui,
da li pàmpini rui.- Mild around our parts is the autumn, with massed clouds, with red vine leaves.
See also edit
| Seasons in Sassarese · isthasgioni (layout · text) · category | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| primmabera, branu (“spring”) | isthaddiari, isthiu (“summer”) | attugnu (“autumn”) | inverru (“winter”) |
References edit
- Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes