cun meggu

Sassarese

Etymology

For a similar construction, compare Portuguese comigo and Spanish conmigo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kumˈmeɡɡu/

Adverb

cun meggu

1. with me

   Babbu e mamma fabèddani in sassaresu cun meggu.

   My parents speak in Sassarese with me.

   (literally, “Father and mother talk in Sassarese with me.”)

   • 1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter XII, 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 30, page 44:

     Ca no è cun meggu, e contra di me: e cu no ammuntona cun meggu, ilpagli.

     [Ca no è cun meggu, è contra di me: e cu no ammuntona cun meggu, ippagli.]

     Whoever is not with me, and [is] against me, and whoever does not gather with me, scatters.

   • c. 19^th century, anonymous author, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese‎^[2], volume 1 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 21, pages 101–102:

     No taldà più, molti cara,
     Sàrrami l’occi ti pregu,
     ¶
     Già chi in la luzi ciara
     Soggu oggi cun l’occi ceggu,
     Mòltraddi amigga cun meggu
     Fin’a videmmi intarraddu.

     [No tardhà più, morthi cara,
     Sàrrami l’occi ti pregu,
     ¶
     Già chi in la luzi ciara
     Soggu oggi cun l’occi ceggu,
     Mòsthraddi amigga cun meggu
     Fin’a videmmi intarraddu.]

     Please don't be late any longer, dear Death; please close my eyes. Already here, in the clear light, today I am with a blind eye. Prove yourself a friend to me until you see me buried.

     (literally, “ […] Show yourself [as] a friend with me […] .”)

Related terms

• me
• mi
• méiu

 

See also

• eu

References

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