faeddu
Sardinian
Etymology
Probably derived from faeddare (“to speak, talk”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /faˈeɖɖu/
Noun
faeddu m (plural faeddos)
- word (smallest unit of language)
- Synonym: paraula
- Est unu faeddu chi no devias narrere.
- That's a word you shouldn't have said
- (literally, “It is a word that you had to not say.”)
- faeddu pro faeddu ― word by word
- parlance (particular way of speaking)
- language
- Synonym: limba
- su faeddu sardu ― the Sardinian language
- speech (ability to speak)
- Synonym: paraula
- No li restat sinò su faeddu.
- All he can do is talk.
- (literally, “Nothing is left to him except his speech.”)
Related terms
- faeddada
- faeddare