cu'
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "cu"
Istriot[edit]
Preposition[edit]
cu'
- Apocopic form of cun
- 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 128:
- Cu’ ’l su’ pruoprio bucheîn el me magnasse;
- With his pretty mouth he would eat me;
Sassarese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Preposition[edit]
cu'
References[edit]
- Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes
Sicilian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- cu (Misspelled)
Etymology[edit]
Apocopic form of cui, from Latin quis. Compare Italian chi.
Pronunciation[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
cu'
Usage notes[edit]
The apocopic form cu' is prevalent rather in usage because it is used to create a more fluent sound of the sentence, becoming a reduced vowel and taking a secondary stress, in the same manner as for dui and du'.
Derived terms[edit]
Categories:
- Istriot lemmas
- Istriot prepositions
- Istriot apocopic forms
- Istriot terms with quotations
- Sassarese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Sassarese lemmas
- Sassarese prepositions
- Sassarese apocopic forms
- Sicilian terms inherited from Latin
- Sicilian terms derived from Latin
- Sicilian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Sicilian/ʊ
- Sicilian lemmas
- Sicilian pronouns
- Sicilian interrogative pronouns