sambene

Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin sanguinem, accusative of sanguis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sh₂én-, oblique stem of *h₁ésh₂r̥ (“blood”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsambene/

Noun

sambene m (uncountable)

1. blood

   Animales de sàmbene caente ― warm-blooded animals (literally, “animals of warm blood”)

Derived terms

• sambenicaldu (“warm-blooded”)
• sambenifrittu (“cold-blooded”)

Related terms

• sambenariu (“bloodthirsty”)
• sambenosu (“bloody”)
• sambinidade (“consanguinity”)
• sambenizu (“surname”)
• sambinante (“bleeding”)