attugnu

Sassarese

Alternative forms

• atugnu (alternative spelling)

Etymology

A semi-learned borrowing — reshaped similarly to Italian autunno — from Spanish otoño, from Classical Latin autumnus, from earlier auctumnus, of uncertain further origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /atˈtuɲ.ɲu/

Noun

attugnu m (plural attugni)

1. autumn (season)
   • 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Santuaini [October]”, in La poesia di l'althri (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 59:

     In chisthu attugnu chi pianu,
     pianu si n’anda

     In this autumn, that slowly, slowly goes away

   • 2009 May 9, Ignazio Sanna, “L’atugnu inde noi [Autumn around our parts]”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese‎^[1]:

     Tébiu è ‘nde noi l’atugnu
     da l’aggrumàddi nui,
     da li pàmpini rui.

     Mild around our parts is the autumn, with massed clouds, with red vine leaves.

See also

Seasons in Sassarese · isthasgioni (layout · text) · category
primmabera, branu (“spring”)	isthaddiari, isthiu (“summer”)	attugnu (“autumn”)	inverru (“winter”)

References

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