branu

See also: bránu

Asturian

Alternative forms

• veranu
• verañu
• brañu

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin (tempus) *veranum, from Latin vēr (“spring”).

Noun

branu m (plural branos)

1. summer

See also

Seasons in Asturian · estaciones (layout · text) · category
primavera (“spring”)	branu (“summer”)	seronda (“autumn”)	iviernu (“winter”)

Leonese

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *vērānum, from *tempus vērānum (“springtime”), derived from Latin vēr (“spring”).

Noun

branu m (plural branos)

1. summer

References

• AEDLL

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbranu]

Participle

branu

1. accusative singular feminine of brany

Sassarese

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *vērānum, from *tempus vērānum (“springtime”), derived from Latin vēr (“spring”).

Noun

branu m (plural brani)

1. (archaic) springtime, spring (season)

   Synonym: primmabera

   • 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Primabéra”, in La poesia di l'althri (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 13:

     Lu branu a me no piazi

     I don't like springtime

     (literally, “The springtime to me is not pleasant”)

See also

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

Etymology 2

Probably from Italian brano.

Noun

branu m (plural brani)

1. passage, piece (of a work)

References

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

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

branu

1. accusative singular of brana