isthiu

Sassarese

Alternative forms

• iltiu (archaic spelling)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish estío.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iɬˈtiu/

Noun

isthiu m (plural isthii)

1. summer (season)

   Synonym: isthaddiari

   d’isthiu ― of summer, summer (attributive)

   • 1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, “Cap. XXIV”, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew]‎^[1], London, translation of Il santo Vangelo di Gesù Cristo secondo Matteo (in Italian), verse 32, page 99:

     Dall’alburu di la figga apprendiddi chilta parabula: candu li so’ rami sò già tennari e ilpuntani li fogli, cunnisciddi, chi l’iltiu è vizinu

     [Dall’àiburu di la figga apprendiddi chistha paràbula: candu li so’ rami sò già tènnari e ippùntani li fogli, cunnisciddi, chi l’isthiu è vizinu]

     And from the tree of the fig learn this parable: when its branches are already tender, and the leaves come out, you know that the summer is near

   • 1957, Salvator Ruju, “Lu grìgliuru d’ignòr’Annamaria [Missus Annamaria's cricket]”, in Sassari véccia e nóba [Old and new Sassari]; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 184:

     Chi bèdda nótti pàsida d’isthiu!
     L’isthelli pàrini ócci di lu zéru.

     What a peaceful summer night! The stars look like eyes of the sky.

   • 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Sobr’a lu taurinu [Upon the table]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others], Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 33:

     E sobr’a lu taurinu unì pusaddi
     tuttu l’isthiu zi semmu, so’ caggendi
     abà li fogli di l’àiburi […]

     And upon the table, where we've been sitting all summer, now the trees' leaves are falling

   • 2013 September 27, Ignazio Sanna, “L’ulthimi dì d’un inutiri avvinì [The last days of a pointless future]”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese‎^[2]:

     Ma l’isthiu… ah, chi beddu l’isthiu

     But the summer—oh, how great summer is!

Related terms

• isthaddiari

See also

Seasons in Sassarese · isthasgioni (layout · text) · category
primmabera, branu (“spring”)	isthaddiari, isthiu (“summer”)	attugnu (“autumn”)	inverru (“winter”)

References

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