abbabbaluccai

Sardinian

Alternative forms

• abbrabbaluccai

Etymology

From an onomatopoeic root bab- also found in Italian babbeo (“idiot, moron”), babbione (“blockhead”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abbabbalukˈkai/

Verb

abbabbaluccai (Campidanese)

1. (transitive) to stun, daze

   Synonyms: (with light) alluinai, ammammaluccai, attontai, attronai, atturdiri, isturdiri, scilibriri, scimingiai, stolondrai, stontonai, stronai

2. (reflexive) to become stunned or dazed

   Synonyms: allolloriai, attolondrai

Conjugation

    Conjugation of abbabbaluccai

infinitive	simple	abbabbaluccai
	compound	essi or ai + past participle
gerund	simple	abbabbalucchendi, abbabbalucchendu
	compound	sendi or endi + past participle
past participle		abbabbaluccau
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		deu	tui	issu/issa	nosu	bosatrus/bosatras	issus/issas
(simple tenses)	present	abbabbaluccu	abbabbaluccas	abbabbaluccat	abbabbaluccaus	abbabbaluccais	abbabbaluccant
	imperfect	abbabbaluccamu, abbabbaluccau	abbabbaluccast	abbabbaluccat	abbabbaluccamus, abbabbaluccastus	abbabbaluccastis	abbabbaluccant
	future	apu (a) abbabbaluccai	as (a) abbabbaluccai	at (a) abbabbaluccai	eus (a) abbabbaluccai	eis (a) abbabbaluccai	ant (a) abbabbaluccai
	conditional	emu (a) abbabbaluccai	iast (a) abbabbaluccai	iat (a) abbabbaluccai	emus (a) abbabbaluccai	estis (a) abbabbaluccai	iant (a) abbabbaluccai
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of essi or ai + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of essi or ai + past participle
	future perfect	future of essi or ai + past participle
	conditional perfect	present conditional of essi or ai + past participle
subjunctive		chi deu	chi tui	chi issu/issa	chi nosu	chi bosatrus/bosatras	chi issus/issas
(simple tenses)	present	abbabbalucchi	abbabbalucchis	abbabbalucchit	abbabbaluccheus	abbabbaluccheis	abbabbalucchint
	imperfect	abbabbalucchessi	abbabbalucchessis	abbabbalucchessit	abbabbalucchèssimus	abbabbalucchestis	abbabbalucchessint
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of essi or ai + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of essi or ai + past participle
imperative		deu	tui	issu/issa	nosu	bosatrus/bosatras	issus/issas
		—	abbabbalucca	abbabbalucchit	abbabbaluccheus	abbabbaluccai	abbabbalucchint

References

• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes