cunprà

Istriot

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *comperāre, from Latin comparāre, present active infinitive of comparō (“prepare, procure, get, purchase, obtain”). Compare Venetian conprar, Italian comprare.

Verb

cunprà

1. to buy
   • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 128:

     A çiò che lo meîo amante el me cunprasse;

     So that my lover would buy me;