crae

Sardinian

Alternative forms

• crai (Campidanese)
• giae (Logudorese)
• clave (archaic; Statutes of Sassari)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin clāvem.

Noun

crae f (plural craes) (LSC, Logudorese, Nuorese)

1. key

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 889: “la chiave; le chiavi” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) “kráe”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg