furthuna

Sassarese

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Classical Latin fortūna (“fortune, luck”), from Proto-Italic *fortūnā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥tewnéh₂, derived from the root *bʰer- (“to carry”). Compare Gallurese foltuna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fuɬˈtuna/

Noun

furthuna f (plural furthuni)

1. (uncountable) luck
   • 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Li santi di la bidda meia [The saints of my town]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 81:

     Santu Marthinu bastha a fantumallu
     ch’eddu t’arregga puru la furthuna
     e ti fazi vibì di bona luna.

     Saint Martin: it's enough to name him, and he even brings you luck, and makes you live with a good moon.

References

• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes
• Ugo Solinas (2016) Vocabolario sassarese-italiano fraseologico ed etimologico, volume 1, Sestu: Domus de Janas, →ISBN, page 555
• Giosue Muzzo (1981) Vocabolario del dialetto sassarese, Chiarella Editore, →ISBN; republished, Sassari: Carlo Delfino editore, 2018, page 82