cu'
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "cu"
Istriot
Preposition
cu'
- Apocopic form of cun
- 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 128:
- Cu’ ’l su’ pruoprio bucheîn el me magnasse;
- With his pretty mouth he would eat me;
Sassarese
Pronunciation
Preposition
cu'
References
- Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes
Sicilian
Alternative forms
- cu (Misspelled)
Etymology
Apocopic form of cui, from Latin quis. Compare Italian chi.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
cu'
Usage notes
The apocopic form cu' is prevalent rather in usage because it is used to create a more fluent sound of the sentence, becoming a reduced vowel and taking a secondary stress, in the same manner as for dui and du'.
Derived terms
Categories:
- Istriot lemmas
- Istriot prepositions
- Istriot apocopic forms
- Istriot terms with quotations
- Sassarese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Sassarese lemmas
- Sassarese prepositions
- Sassarese apocopic forms
- Sicilian terms inherited from Latin
- Sicilian terms derived from Latin
- Sicilian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Sicilian/ʊ
- Sicilian lemmas
- Sicilian pronouns
- Sicilian interrogative pronouns