Isthintinu
See also: isthintinu
Sassarese
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editProper noun
editIsthintinu m
- Alternative form of Isthintini, often used absolutely as l'Isthintinu
- 1957, Salvator Ruju, “Chiss’isthriscia di prata ròsa e òru! [That stripe of pink and golden silver!]”, in Sassari véccia e nóba [Old and new Sassari]; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 345:
- E l’Isthintinu? Cuiubadu nóbu,
canti dì bèddi allóra vi passési
cu la duzzura di l’amòr in córi
e l’ócci bèddi d’una cara bruna.- And [what about] Stintino? So many days I spent there back then, when I was engaged, with the sweetness of love in my heart, and the beautiful eyes of a swarthy face.