# abé
## Old French
### Noun

abé oblique singular, m (oblique plural abez, nominative singular abes, nominative plural abé)
* abbot

## Old Tupi
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈβ̞ɛ/
* Rhymes: -ɛ
* Hyphenation: a‧bé

### Adverb

abé
* too; also
    Synonyms: bé, -no, abéno

### Conjunction

abé
* once; as soon as (immediately after)
    Synonym: bé
* and (used to connect two similar words)

### Postposition

abé
* since
    Synonym: bé

### References

* Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “abé”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 9, column 1

## Sassarese
### Etymology

From Latin habeō (“to have, hold, possess”), from Proto-Italic *habēō or *haβēō, probably from Proto-Indo-European *gʰh₁bʰ- (“to grab, to take”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈbe/, [aˈβe]

### Verb

abé (first-person singular present àggiu, past participle auddu, auxiliary abé)
* (transitive) to have, possess
** c. 19th century, anonymous author, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese‎, volume 1 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 8, page 74:Si chidda fazziliddai Gh’ abisi par iltimatti Pudissi abé pa lassat[t]i, Non farilti cantu fai.[Si chidda fazziriddai Gh’abisi par isthimatti Pudissi abé pa' lassatti, Non faristhi cantu fai.]If I could have the same ease in leaving you as I had in loving you, you wouldn't do what you do.
** 1956, Salvator Ruju, “Ischolta, Rimundì! [Listen, Raimondica!]”, in Agnireddu e Rusina; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba [Old and new Sassari], Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 68:Prima éri tutta lusinghi, abì un córi inzuccaraduAt first you were all flatteries; you had a sugarcoated heart
** 1989 [1934], Giovanni Maria Cherchi, transl., Santuaini [October], translation of Ottobre by Vincenzo Cardarelli; collected in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others], Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1989:nienti più mi cunfórtha di l’aria chi prufumu ha di lu vinu nobu[original: nulla più mi consola, di quest'aria che odora di mosto e di vino]nothing comforts me more than the air smelling like new wine(literally, “ […] the air that has the smell of new wine”)
** used to express age
*** 2020 March 25, Ignazio Sanna, “Di nommu fozzu Asdrubale [My name is Asdrubale]”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese‎:Candu n’abìa dizasetti, l’eddai chi eu aggiu abà, s’era già ingreffàddu e abìa puru innammuraddu cun d’una pizzinna.When he was seventeen—the age I am now—he had already found a group, and had also flirted with a girl.(literally, “When he had seventeen [years], the age that I have now […] ”)
* (transitive) to have, used to state the existence or presence of someone in a specified relationship with the subject
** 1956, Salvator Ruju, “Ischolta, Rimundì! [Listen, Raimondica!]”, in Agnireddu e Rusina [Old and new Sassari]; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 70:Isthà chietta, prima o pói, un maridu l’abaréCalm down: you’ll have a husband, sooner or later
** 2015 May 31, Ignazio Sanna, “La paristhòria di lu santu óssu di lu barracòccu [The fable of the sacred apricot stone]”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese‎:Accóllu chi abìa una muglièri mara chi l’angariàba da manzanu a séra.He had a wicked wife, who would nag him all day long.
* (transitive) to have, used to state the interest for an object or event
** c. 19th century, anonymous author, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese‎, volume 1 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 4, page 69:La funelta mimoria Di tanti passatempi ch’ eju abia[La funestha mimoria Di tanti passatempi ch’éiu abia]The gloomy memory of many pastimes I used to have
** 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Accannu [This year]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 55:a fammi cumpagnia i la tristhura soru abaraggiu chiddu pinsamentu e, sobr’a la grundaia, un biddisò.To keep me company, in the sadness, I will only have this thought, and – on the gutter – a sparrow.
* (transitive) to have, used to express a spatial relation
** 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Guasi una fantasia [Almost a fantasy]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 135:Dananzi a l’occi abaraggiu un paesi cuberthu da la nebi digussì intatta e fini che in pintura.In front of my eyes, I will have a land covered by snow as fine and intact as in a picture.
* (transitive) to get, obtain, receive
** c. 19th century, Sebastiano di Branca, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese‎, volume 1 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 1, page 60:Dilli chi paga aggiu auddu Di cant’ aggiu trabagliaddu?Ask her, what compensation did I get for the work I've put in?
* (transitive) to have, experience
** 1956, Salvator Ruju, “Màggiu [May]”, in Agnireddu e Rusina; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 81:Li pizzonéddi chi firizzidài abà ch’àni lu verdhi e li fiòri! Èddi sì chi si gòdini l’amòri i la lùzi cun tutta libarthai.The little birds, such happiness, now that they have the greenery and the flowers! Now, they are enjoying love in the light, with complete freedom.
* (transitive) to have (give birth to)
** 2013 September 27, Ignazio Sanna, “L’ulthimi dì d’un inutiri avvinì [The last days of a pointless future]”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese‎:No abèmmu aùddu figlióri, cussì la vuruntai di Déu di lu ZéruWe haven't had any children: such [was] the will of God of Heaven.
* (transitive) to have (someone's) company
** 1956, Salvator Ruju, “Ischolta, Rimundì! [Listen, Raimondica!]”, in Agnireddu e Rusina [Old and new Sassari]; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 69:E n’invitabi a dugn’óra pa pudemmi abé cun tegu.And you would make invitations at any time, to have me with you..
* (auxiliary) to have
* (auxiliary, in the present or future tense, followed by a + a verb in the infinitive) used in a construction of the future tense
    àggiu a andà ― I will go (literally, “I have to go”)
    abaràggiu a andà ― I will go (literally, “I will have to go”)

#### Derived terms

* abé bisognu
* abé rasgioni

### References

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