abé

See also: Appendix:Variations of "abe"

Old French

Noun

abé oblique singular, m (oblique plural abez, nominative singular abes, nominative plural abé)

1. abbot

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈβ̞ɛ/
• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Hyphenation: a‧bé

Adverb

abé

1. too; also

   Synonyms: bé, -no, abéno

Conjunction

abé

1. once; as soon as (immediately after)

   Synonym: bé

2. and (used to connect two similar words)

Postposition

abé

1. since

   Synonym: bé

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “abé”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 9, column 1

Sassarese

Etymology

From Latin habeō (“to have, hold, possess”), from Proto-Italic *habēō or *haβēō, probably from Proto-Indo-European *gʰh₁bʰ- (“to grab, to take”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈbe/, [aˈβe]

Verb

abé (first-person singular present àggiu, past participle auddu, auxiliary abé)

1. (transitive) to have, possess
   • c. 19^th century, anonymous author, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese‎^[1], volume 1 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 8, page 74:

     Si chidda fazziliddai
     Gh’ abisi par iltimatti
     Pudissi abé pa lassat[t]i,
     Non farilti cantu fai.

     [Si chidda fazziriddai
     Gh’abisi par isthimatti
     Pudissi abé pa' lassatti,
     Non faristhi cantu fai.]

     If I could have the same ease in leaving you as I had in loving you, you wouldn't do what you do.

   • 1956, Salvator Ruju, “Ischolta, Rimundì! [Listen, Raimondica!]”, in Agnireddu e Rusina; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba [Old and new Sassari], Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 68:

     Prima éri tutta lusinghi,
     abì un córi inzuccaradu

     At first you were all flatteries; you had a sugarcoated heart

   • 1989 [1934], Giovanni Maria Cherchi, transl., Santuaini [October], translation of Ottobre by Vincenzo Cardarelli; collected in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others], Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1989:

     nienti più mi cunfórtha
     di l’aria chi prufumu
     ha di lu vinu nobu

     [original: nulla più mi consola,
     di quest'aria che odora
     di mosto e di vino]

     nothing comforts me more than the air smelling like new wine

     (literally, “ […] the air that has the smell of new wine”)

   1. used to express age
      • 2020 March 25, Ignazio Sanna, “Di nommu fozzu Asdrubale [My name is Asdrubale]”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese‎^[2]:

        Candu n’abìa dizasetti, l’eddai chi eu aggiu abà, s’era già ingreffàddu e abìa puru innammuraddu cun d’una pizzinna.

        When he was seventeen—the age I am now—he had already found a group, and had also flirted with a girl.

        (literally, “When he had seventeen [years], the age that I have now […] ”)

2. (transitive) to have, used to state the existence or presence of someone in a specified relationship with the subject
   • 1956, Salvator Ruju, “Ischolta, Rimundì! [Listen, Raimondica!]”, in Agnireddu e Rusina [Old and new Sassari]; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 70:

     Isthà chietta, prima o pói,
     un maridu l’abaré

     Calm down: you’ll have a husband, sooner or later

   • 2015 May 31, Ignazio Sanna, “La paristhòria di lu santu óssu di lu barracòccu [The fable of the sacred apricot stone]”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese‎^[3]:

     Accóllu chi abìa una muglièri mara chi l’angariàba da manzanu a séra.

     He had a wicked wife, who would nag him all day long.

3. (transitive) to have, used to state the interest for an object or event
   • c. 19^th century, anonymous author, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese‎^[4], volume 1 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 4, page 69:

     La funelta mimoria
     Di tanti passatempi ch’ eju abia

     [La funestha mimoria
     Di tanti passatempi ch’éiu abia]

     The gloomy memory of many pastimes I used to have

   • 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Accannu [This year]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 55:

     a fammi cumpagnia i la tristhura
     soru abaraggiu chiddu pinsamentu
     e, sobr’a la grundaia, un biddisò.

     To keep me company, in the sadness, I will only have this thought, and – on the gutter – a sparrow.

4. (transitive) to have, used to express a spatial relation
   • 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Guasi una fantasia [Almost a fantasy]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 135:

     Dananzi a l’occi abaraggiu un paesi
     cuberthu da la nebi
     digussì intatta e fini che in pintura.

     In front of my eyes, I will have a land covered by snow as fine and intact as in a picture.

5. (transitive) to get, obtain, receive
   • c. 19^th century, Sebastiano di Branca, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese‎^[5], volume 1 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 1, page 60:

     Dilli chi paga aggiu auddu
     Di cant’ aggiu trabagliaddu?

     Ask her, what compensation did I get for the work I've put in?

6. (transitive) to have, experience
   • 1956, Salvator Ruju, “Màggiu [May]”, in Agnireddu e Rusina; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 81:

     Li pizzonéddi chi firizzidài
     abà ch’àni lu verdhi e li fiòri!
     Èddi sì chi si gòdini l’amòri
     i la lùzi cun tutta libarthai.

     The little birds, such happiness, now that they have the greenery and the flowers! Now, they are enjoying love in the light, with complete freedom.

7. (transitive) to have (give birth to)
   • 2013 September 27, Ignazio Sanna, “L’ulthimi dì d’un inutiri avvinì [The last days of a pointless future]”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese‎^[6]:

     No abèmmu aùddu figlióri, cussì la vuruntai di Déu di lu Zéru

     We haven't had any children: such [was] the will of God of Heaven.

8. (transitive) to have (someone's) company
   • 1956, Salvator Ruju, “Ischolta, Rimundì! [Listen, Raimondica!]”, in Agnireddu e Rusina [Old and new Sassari]; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 69:

     E n’invitabi a dugn’óra
     pa pudemmi abé cun tegu.

     And you would make invitations at any time, to have me with you..

9. (auxiliary) to have
10. (auxiliary, in the present or future tense, followed by a + a verb in the infinitive) used in a construction of the future tense

    àggiu a andà ― I will go (literally, “I have to go”)

    abaràggiu a andà ― I will go (literally, “I will have to go”)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of abé

infinitive	simple	abé
	compound	abé + past participle
gerund	simple	abendi
	compound	abendi + past participle
past participle		auddu
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		éiu, eu	tu	eddu/edda	noi	voi	eddi
(simple tenses)	present	àggiu	hai	ha	abemmu	abeddi	hani
	imperfect	abia	abì	abia	abìami	abìaddi	abìani
	past historic1	abisi	abisi	abisi	abìsimi	abìsiddi	abìsini
	future	abaràggiu	abaré	abarà	abaremmu	abareddi	abarani
		present indicative of abé + a abé
		future indicative of abé + a abé
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of abé + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of abé + past participle
	past anterior1	past historic indicative of abé + past participle
	future perfect	future of abé + past participle
		present of abé + a + abé + past participle
		future of abé + a + abé + past participle
conditional		éiu, eu	tu	eddu/edda	noi	voi	eddi
present		abaria, abaristhia	abaristhi	abaria	abarìami	abarìaddi	abarìani
perfect		present conditional of abé + past participle
subjunctive		chi éiu, chi eu	chi tu	chi eddu/edda	chi noi	chi voi	chi eddi
(simple tenses)	present	àggia	aggi	àggia	àggiami	àggiaddi	àggiani
	imperfect	abùssia	abussi	abùssia	abùssiami	abùssiaddi	abùssiani
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of abé + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of abé + past participle
imperative		éiu, eu	tu	eddu/edda	noi	voi	eddi
		—	aggi, no abé	àggia	àggiami	àggiaddi	àggiani
1. Chiefly archaic, and generally replaced by the pluperfect

Derived terms

• abé bisognu
• abé rasgioni

 

References

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