tzurpu

Sardinian

Etymology

According to Rubattu, a pre-Roman substrate word.

Perhaps a descendant of Latin turpis (“ugly, disgraceful”), with gender-marking suffixes; cf. the Appendix Probi entry tristis non tristus (Italian tristo, Sicilian tristu), and an expressive tz-, cf. Italian zoppo. For the meaning, compare Spanish torpe (“clumsy”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtsurpu/

Adjective

tzurpu

  1. blind, visually impaired

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