zentu

Gallurese

Pronunciation

• (Aggius) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɛntu/

Numeral

zentu

1. (dialectal) Alternative form of centu (“a hundred”)

Sassarese

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Latin centum, from Proto-Italic *kentom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɛntu/

Numeral

zentu

1. (cardinal number) a hundred (100)
   • 1866, chapter XVIII, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew]‎^[1] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), London, translation of Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, verse 12, page 70:

     Chi vi ni pari? Si unu ha zentu peguri, e una di chilti si peldi: forsi no lassa eddu li nobantanobi sobra li monti, e anda a zilcà chidda, chi s’è pessa?

     What do you think? If one has a hundred sheep, and of them gets lost, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains, and go look for the lost one?