custu
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Sardinian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Vulgar Latin *eccum iste. Compare Italian questo, Sicilian chistu, Romanian acest, Occitan aqueste, Catalan aquest.
Adjective[edit]
custu (feminine singular custa, masculine plural custos, feminine plural custas)
custu (feminine singular custa, masculine plural custos, feminine plural custas)
- (Campidanese) this
- 1842, Giuanni Rossi, “De sa gramatica, e de is partis de su discursu”, in Elementus de gramatica de su dialettu sardu meridionali e de sa lingua italiana[1], Casteddu: Stamperia de Antoni Timon, section 26, page 9:
- Custas classis si nanta cun d'unu vocabulu comunu a totus partis de su discursu
- These classes are called using a term common to all: parts of speech
Pronoun[edit]
custu m (feminine singular custa, masculine plural custos, feminine plural custas)
custu m (feminine singular custa, masculine plural custus, feminine plural custas)
- (Campidanese) this, this one
- 1842, Giuanni Rossi, “De s'avverbiu”, in Elementus de gramatica de su dialettu sardu meridionali e de sa lingua italiana[2], Casteddu: Stamperia de Antoni Timon, section 164, page 140:
- Po esprimiri custu est neçessariu aggiungiri a su verbu un atru vocabulu
- In order to express this, we need to add another word to the verb
- (literally, “To express this, it is necessary to add to the verb another word”)
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) “kústu”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg