tzurpu
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Sardinian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
According to Rubattu, a pre-Roman substrate word.
Perhaps a descendant of Latin turpis (“ugly, disgraceful”), with gender-marking suffixes; cf. the Appendix Probi entry tristis non tristus (Italian tristo, Sicilian tristu), and an expressive tz-, cf. Italian zoppo. For the meaning, compare Spanish torpe (“clumsy”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
tzurpu
References[edit]
- Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) “cieco”, in Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes