umbè

Sassarese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /umˈbɛ/

Adverb

umbè

1. much, very much, a lot
   • 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Lu vedru a pezzi [The shattered glass]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 39:

     […] la casa
     véccia chi trimurendi è pa’ lu ventu
     e chi m’è cara acchì v’aggiu ipiraddu,
     calche volta gududdu, umbè sufferthu.

     The old house, which trembles under the wind, and is dear to me, since inside of it I have hoped, sometimes found enjoyment, suffered a lot.

Determiner

umbè (invariable)

1. a lot, much, lots, many
   • 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Lu vedru a pezzi [The shattered glass]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 39:

     Erani amigghi cari, ma, girosi
     l’unu di l’althru, a fassi marabiglia,
     s’invintàbani umbè d’innamuraddi
     gariggendi a ca più fèmmini v’abìa.

     They were close friends, but—being jealous of each other—in order to surprise each other, they would make up lots of lovers, to see who could have the most women.

2. great, much, very

References

• Ugo Solinas (2016) “umbè”, in Vocabolario sassarese-italiano fraseologico ed etimologico, volume 2, Sestu: Domus de Janas, →ISBN, page 1164
• Giosue Muzzo (1981) “umbè”, in Vocabolario del dialetto sassarese, Chiarella Editore, →ISBN; republished, Sassari: Carlo Delfino editore, 2018, page 182
• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes