sgheuâ

Ligurian

Alternative forms

Verb

sgheuâ (intransitive)

  1. archaic form of xoâ: to fly [from early 19th c.]
    • 1884, Niccolò Bacigalupo, “Parte seconda” (chapter 2), in Ö pappagallo de moneghe‎[1], lines 208–210; republished Genoa: Di Stefano, 1959:
      […] ö piggia in t’ûn attimo ûn asbrïo,
      E sghêuando sovra de sto særa særa,
      Ö va co-a pansa a dâ ûnn-a patta in tæra.
      […] in a moment, it gains force; and, flying above him very closely, goes and hits the ground on its stomach.

References

  • “sgheuâ” Ligurian-Italian dictionary at Ligu.re
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