vosthè

Sassarese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vusted, from a contraction of vuestra merced (“your grace”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /voɬˈtɛ/

Pronoun

vosthè

  1. (formal, now rare) you (second-person singular)
    • 2009 May 9, Ignazio Sanna, “Fòra d’un lèpparu chi no vuria murì in bòtti [Fable of a hare who didn't want to die in his shoes]”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese‎:
      Digghia vosthè si una famiria cument’è la nósthra dubi’assé disthrutta da la manìa di cazzià di vói òmmini: digghia!
      You tell us if a family like ours must be destroyed by this hunting frenzy of you men. You tell us!

See also

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