annu

See also: ännu

Corsican

Etymology

From Latin annus, from Proto-Italic *atnos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂et-no-. Cognates include Italian anno and Portuguese ano.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ãnːu/

Noun

annu m (plural anni)

1. year

References

• “annu” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

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Middle English

Noun

annu

1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of anoy

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Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin annus. Compare Italian anno.

Noun

annu m

1. year

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Sassarese

Etymology

From Latin annus, from Proto-Italic *atnos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂et-no-, probably derived from *h₂et- (“to go”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈannu/

Noun

annu m (plural anni)

1. year

   E cant'anni v'hai? ― How old are you? (literally, “How many years do you have?”)

   • 1866, Luigi Luciano Bonaparte, “Cap. Ⅸ [Chapter 9]”, in Il Vangelo di S. Matteo volgarizzato in dialetto sardo sassarese‎^[1], London, section 20, page 30:

     Ed eccu una femmina, chi da dodizi anni paddia un flussu di sangu, si l’accultesi a dareddu, e tucchesi l’ala di lu so’ viltiri.

     Just then a woman who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak.

   • 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Femmina [Woman]”, in La poesia di l'althri, Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 21:

     Li raffi di tant’anni, li durori, ¶ cussì tènini isthrinti ¶ l’animi nosthri

     The marks of many years, the pains, keep our souls entwined so

Related terms

• annadda
• annari
• annibessàriu
• annosu
• annuari
• annuariddai
• annìggiu

 

References

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

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Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin annus (“year”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈan.nu/
• Hyphenation: àn‧nu

Noun

annu m (plural anni)

1. year

Related terms

• Capudannu
• Capurannu