pa' cantu

Sassarese

although, though, even though
- 1957, Salvator Ruju, “Sacchittu lu trampósu [Sacchittu the swindler]”, in Sassari véccia e nóba [Old and new Sassari]; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 302:
  Sassari nósthra nò li piazìa
  pa cantu bèdda […]
  He didn't like our Sassari, although [it is] beautiful