ciamà

Ultimately from Latin clāmāre, present active infinitive of clāmō, possibly through Venetian ciamar; compare also Italian chiamare.

ciamà

1. to call

Akin to Italian chiamare, from Latin clamare. Compare Portuguese chamar.

ciamà

1. to call

From Latin clāmāre, present active infinitive of clāmō (“I cry out, clamor; I call”), from Proto-Italic *klāmāō, from Proto-Indo-European *kl̥h₁-m-, derived from the root *kelh₁- (“to call, cry, summon”). Cognate with Italian chiamare and Ligurian ciamâ.

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaˈma/

ciamà (transitive)

1. to call
   • 1866, Luigi Luciano Bonaparte, “Cap. ⅩⅩⅡ [Chapter 22]”, in Il Vangelo di S. Matteo volgarizzato in dialetto sardo sassarese‎, London, section 9, page 87:

     Andeddi dunca a li punti de li carreli, e ciameddi a lu cujubugnu tutti chiddi, ch’abeddi a incuntrà.

     So go to the street corners and call to the banquet anyone you find.

   • 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Santuaini [October]”, in La poesia di l'althri, Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 33:

     Mi ciama abà l’attugnu

     Now the Autumn is calling for me

     (literally, “Now the Autumn calls me”)

2. to telephone

   Synonym: tarefonà

3. to name
4. to dub

• ciamassi

• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

ciamà

1. past participle of ciamar
2. past participle of ciamarse