vosthè

Sassarese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vusted, from a contraction of vuestra merced (“your grace”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /voɬˈtɛ/

Pronoun

vosthè

1. (formal, now rare) you (second-person singular)
   • 2009 May 9, Ignazio Sanna, “Fòra d’un lèpparu chi no vuria murì in bòtti [Fable of a hare who didn't want to die in his shoes]”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese‎^[1]:

     Digghia vosthè si una famiria cument’è la nósthra dubi’assé disthrutta da la manìa di cazzià di vói òmmini: digghia!

     You tell us if a family like ours must be destroyed by this hunting frenzy of you men. You tell us!

Related terms

• voi
• vosthru

 

See also

• tu

 

References

• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes