tzurpu

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Sardinian

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Etymology

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According to Rubattu, a pre-Roman substrate word.

Perhaps a descendant of Latin turpis (ugly, disgraceful), with gender-marking suffixes; cf. the Appendix Probi entry tristis non tristus (Italian tristo, Sicilian tristu), and an expressive tz-, cf. Italian zoppo. For the meaning, compare Spanish torpe (clumsy).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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tzurpu

  1. blind, visually impaired

References

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