manzanu

• mangianu, mengianu (Campidanese)

From Vulgar Latin *māneānum, derived from Latin māne.

• IPA^(key): /manˈd͡zanu/

manzanu m (plural manzanos) (Logudorese, Nuorese)

1. morning

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 337: “la mattina” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964), “mandzánu”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg

From Vulgar Latin *māneānum, derived from Latin māne.

• IPA^(key): /manˈd͡zanu/

manzanu m (plural manzani)

1. morning

   Synonym: manzaniri

   Coordinate terms: dì, sera, notti

   • 1866, Luigi Luciano Bonaparte, “Cap. ⅩⅩ [Chapter 20]”, in Il Vangelo di S. Matteo volgarizzato in dialetto sardo sassarese‎, London, page 76:

     Lu regnu di li zeli è simili a un babbu di familia, lu quali iscisi di primu manzanu a pultà maniali a la so’ vigna.

     The Kingdom of Heaven is similar to a father in a household, who leaves early in the morning to take workers to his vineyard.

   • 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Santuaini [October]”, in La poesia di l'althri, Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 63:

     […] no ridesci ancora ad andattinni
     né sai dazzi l’adiu,
     turrendi ugna manzanu
     e nobu che miràguru

     You [the Sun] still can't leave, nor can you say goodbye, returning each morning, new like a miracle

• manzaniri

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 337: “la mattina” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes