sonte

Albanian

Alternative forms

• sonde

Etymology

Syncope of Old Albanian sonëte, from the contraction of the syntagma *só nate, from Proto-Albanian *ti̯ā́ náta, from Pre-Proto-Albanian *tei̯i̯ā́ náta(i̯)i, from Proto-Indo-European *tes(m)i̯áh₂i nékʷti. Same type of construction as sot, sivjet. More at natë.

Adverb

sonte

1. tonight

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsɔn.tɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsɔn.te]

Noun

sonte

1. ablative singular of sōns

Spanish

Etymology

Probably a reduction from Classical Nahuatl centzontli (“four hundred”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsonte/ [ˈsõn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -onte
• Syllabification: son‧te

Noun

sonte m (plural sontes)

1. (Guatemala) alternative form of zonte (“A set of four hundred (especially of agricultural products)”)
   • 1891 [1885 September], “Utzil”, in José Maria García Salas, editor, Panorama guatemalteco: Bellezas naturales de la Republica de Guatemala, Guatemala: El Comercio, Ruinas (section IX), page 252:

     “ […] Cobró aliento chupando algunas flores de Chalí y se dirigió á Panimaché que distaba un sonte de pasos.”

     “ […] He caught his breath sucking some Chalí flowers and set out for Panimaché, which was four hundred strides away.”

Related terms

• calsonte

Further reading

• “sonte”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010