abbaiddà

Sassarese

Etymology

Borrowed from Logudorese abbaidare, from Old Italian agguaitare, aguaitare, from Old French aguaitier, agaitier (“to watch, survey, keep watch”), derived from gaitier (“to watch, survey”). Compare Gallurese abbaità.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abbaidˈda/

Verb

abbaiddà

1. (ambitransitive) to watch, look

Derived terms

• abbaiddadda
• abbaiddadori

References

• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes
• Mauro Maxia (2014) “abbaiddá”, in Piccolo dizionario castellanese e sedinese‎^[1] (in Sassarese), page 8