nuàutri

Sicilian

Alternative forms

  • niàutri, nuiàutri, nuatri, niatri, nuiatri, nuvatri

Etymology

nui +‎ àutri. Compare Italian noialtri, Spanish nosotros.

Pronoun

nuàutri

  1. we

Usage notes

  • The pronoun nui is rarely used in Sicilian by itself. Instead, the preferred forms combine nui (“we”) and àutri (“others”), such as nuàutri.[1]
  • The actual spelling and pronunciation of this pronoun varies highly by dialect.

Inflection

nominative nuàutri
prepositional nuàutri
accusative ni
dative ni
reflexive ni
possessive nostru

See also

References

  1. ↑ Pitrè, Giuseppe (1875) Fiabe, novelle e racconti popolari siciliani, Volume 4‎ (in Italian), Palermo: L. Pedone Lauriel, →ISBN, pages ccx
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