custu

Sardinian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *eccum iste. Compare Italian questo, Sicilian chistu, Romanian acest, Occitan aqueste, Catalan aquest.

Adjective

custu (feminine singular custa, masculine plural custos, feminine plural custas)

  1. (Logudorese) this

custu (feminine singular custa, masculine plural custos, feminine plural custas)

  1. (Campidanese) this
    • 1842, Giuanni Rossi, “De sa gramatica, e de is partis de su discursu”, in Elementus de gramatica de su dialettu sardu meridionali e de sa lingua italiana, Casteddu: Stamperia de Antoni Timon, section 26, page 9:
      Custas classis si nanta cun d'unu vocabulu comunu a totus partis de su discursu
      These classes are called using a term common to all: parts of speech

Pronoun

custu m (feminine singular custa, masculine plural custos, feminine plural custas)

  1. (Logudorese) this, this one

custu m (feminine singular custa, masculine plural custus, feminine plural custas)

  1. (Campidanese) this, this one
    • 1842, Giuanni Rossi, “De s'avverbiu”, in Elementus de gramatica de su dialettu sardu meridionali e de sa lingua italiana, Casteddu: Stamperia de Antoni Timon, section 164, page 140:
      Po esprimiri custu est neçessariu aggiungiri a su verbu un atru vocabulu
      In order to express this, we need to add another word to the verb
      (literally, “To express this, it is necessary to add to the verb another word”)

References

  • Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) “kústu”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg
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