cumenti

Sardinian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kuˈmenti/

Adverb

cumenti

  1. (Campidanese) Alternative form of comenti

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

Sassarese

Alternative forms
  • cument' (apocopic, found before a vowel)

Etymology

Derived from Vulgar Latin *quōmo (“how; like”) +‎ -menti (adverb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kuˈmɛnti/

Adverb

cumenti

  1. how
    Cumenti ti ciami? ― What's your name? (literally, “How are you called?”)
  2. as, like
    Synonyms: che, comu, cument'e
    • 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Primabéra [Spring]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others], Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 13:
      […] intendu
      lu so’ prisintimentu chi mi pugni
      cumenti una rasogia.
      I feel its omen stabbing me like a razor
  3. such as

Derived terms

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