nemos

Sardinian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin nēmō (“no one, nobody”), from earlier ne- (“not”) + hemō (“person”). The /-s/ is due to analogy with Old Sardinian alikis (“someone”). Cognate with archaic or dialectal Italian nimo.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈnemos/, [ˈnɛː.mɔ.zɔ̆]

Pronoun

nemos

  1. (Logudorese, Nuorese) no one, nobody

References
  • Mendeloff, Henry. 1969. A manual of comparative Romance Linguistics: Phonology and morphology. Washington DC: Catholic University of America Press. Page 78.
  • Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) “nessuno”, in Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes
  • Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) “nèmos”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg
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