mogoro

Sardinian

Alternative forms

  • mògula, mògora

Etymology

Of unknown origin. Hypothesized to be part of a Nuragic substrate. Often compared with Basque mokor (“trunk; lump of earth”), but the semantics is dubious. Notice, however, that words having similar shapes are also found in the Balkans; compare Romanian măgură (“hill”), Albanian magulë (“heap”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmoɡoro/

Noun

mògoro

  1. hill

References

  • “mogoro”, in Ditzionàriu in línia de sa limba e de sa cultura sarda [Online Dictionary of the Sardinian Language and Culture] (in Sardinian, Italian, and English), Autonomous Region of Sardinia [Sardinian: Regione Autonoma della Sardegna]
  • Pallottino, Massimo (1950) Lilliu, Giovanni, editor, La Sardegna nuragica [Nuragic Sardinia] (Bibliotheca Sarda) (in Italian), Ilisso edizioni, published 2001, →ISBN, page 96
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