abalabà

Gallurese

Alternative forms

• abal'abà

Etymology

Univerbation of abal'abà, literally “now now”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aβalaˈβa/

Adverb

abalabà

1. just now
2. right away

Sassarese

Etymology

Univerbation of abal'abà, literally “now now”.

Pronunciation

• (Sedini) IPA^(key): /aβalaˈβa/

Adverb

abalabà

1. (obsolete except dialectal) Alternative form of abarabà (“just now; right away”)
   • 1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter IX, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew]‎^[1], London, translation of Il santo Vangelo di Gesù Cristo secondo Matteo (in Italian), verse 18, page 30:

     Signori, la me’ figliola abalabà è molta: ma veni, poni la to’ manu sobbra edda, e vibarà.

     [Signori, la me' figliola abarabà è mortha: ma veni, poni la to' manu sobbra edda, e vibarà.]

     Lord, my daughter has just died. But come, place your hand upon her, and she will live.

References

• Mauro Maxia (2014) “abáli”, in Piccolo dizionario castellanese e sedinese‎^[2] (in Sassarese), page 8