ciamà

See also: ciamâ and ĉiama

Istriot

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin clāmāre, present active infinitive of clāmō, possibly through Venetian ciamar; compare also Italian chiamare.

Verb

ciamà

1. to call

Lombard

Etymology

Akin to Italian chiamare, from Latin clamare. Compare Portuguese chamar.

Verb

ciamà

1. to call

Sassarese

Etymology

From Latin clāmāre, present active infinitive of clāmō (“I cry out, clamor; I call”), from Proto-Italic *klāmāō, from Proto-Indo-European *kl̥h₁-m-, derived from the root *kelh₁- (“to call, cry, summon”). Cognate with Italian chiamare and Ligurian ciamâ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaˈma/

Verb

ciamà

1. (transitive) to call
   • 1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter XXII, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew]‎^[1], London, translation of Il santo Vangelo di Gesù Cristo secondo Matteo (in Italian), verse 9, page 87:

     Andeddi dunca a li punti de li carreli, e ciameddi a lu cujubugnu tutti chiddi, ch’abeddi a incuntrà.

     [Andeddi dunca a li punti de li carreri, e ciameddi a lu cuiubugnu tutti chiddi, ch’abeddi a incuntrà.]

     So go to the street corners and call to the banquet anyone you find.

   • 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Santuaini [October]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others], Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 33:

     Mi ciama abà l’attugnu

     Now Autumn is calling for me

     (literally, “Now the Autumn calls me”)

2. (transitive) to telephone

   Synonym: tarefonà

3. (transitive) to name
   • 1957, Salvator Ruju, “La funtana di sant’Antòni di E. Tavolara [E. Tavolara's "Fountain of St. Anthony"]”, in Sassari véccia e nóba [Old and new Sassari]; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 254:

     Ciamà tu l’ài vuruda,
     cun fèdi e umilthai,
     la “Funtana di Sant’Antòni”, Eugè,
     e invece è una curunna, un candaréri

     With faith and humility, you decided to name it the “Fountain of St. Anthony”, Eugenio; and, instead, it is a column, a candlestick

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ciamà

infinitive	simple	ciamà
	compound	abé + past participle
gerund	simple	ciamendi
	compound	abendi + past participle
past participle		ciamaddu
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		eu, éiu	tu	eddu/edda	noi	voi	eddi
(simple tenses)	present	ciamu	ciami	ciama	ciamemmu	ciameddi	ciàmani
	imperfect	ciamaba, ciamabu	ciamabi	ciamaba	ciamàbami	ciamàbaddi	ciamàbani
	past historic1	ciamesi	ciamesi	ciamesi	ciamésimi	ciamésiddi	ciamésini
	future	ciamaràggiu	ciamaré	ciamarà	ciamaremu	ciamareddi	ciamarani
		present indicative of abé + a ciamà
		future indicative of abé + a ciamà
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of abé + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of abé + past participle
	past anterior1	past historic indicative of abé + past participle
	future perfect	future of abé + past participle
		present of abé + a + abé + past participle
		future of abé + a + abé + past participle
conditional		eu, éiu	tu	eddu/edda	noi	voi	eddi
present		ciamarìsthia, ciamaria	ciamaristhi, ciamarì	ciamarìsthia, ciamaria	ciamarìsthiami, ciamarìami	ciamarìsthiaddi, ciamarìaddi	ciamarìsthiani, ciamarìani
perfect		present conditional of abé + past participle
subjunctive		chi eu, chi éiu	chi tu	chi eddu/edda	chi noi	chi voi	chi eddi
(simple tenses)	present	ciàmia	ciami	ciàmia	ciàmiami	ciàmiaddi	ciàmiani
	imperfect	ciamessi	ciamessi	ciamessi	ciaméssimi	ciaméssiddi	ciaméssini
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of abé + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of abé + past participle
imperative		eu, éiu	tu	eddu/edda	noi	voi	eddi
		—	ciama, no ciamà	ciàmia	ciamemmu	ciameddi	ciàmiani
1. Chiefly archaic, and generally replaced by the pluperfect

Derived terms

• ciamassi

Related terms

• ciama
• ciamadda

 

References

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

Venetian

Verb

ciamà

1. past participle of ciamar
2. past participle of ciamarse