mainâ

Ligurian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.iˈnaː/

Noun

mainâ m (plural mainæ)

  1. sailor
    • 1845, Resveggin pe-o monumento de Cristoforo Colombo‎[1], Genoa: Tipografia do R. I. di Sordi-Mutti, page 8:
      De settembre verso a-a fin / O veddeiva òxelli sgoâ, / Feuggie verdi gallezzâ, / Tutte cose che a-ö mainâ / Ghe fan tæ̂ra indovinâ. (Genoese)
      [De setenbre verso a-a fin / O veddeiva öxelli sgoâ, / Feugge verdi galezâ, / Tutte cöse che a-o mainâ / Ghe fan tæra indovinâ.]
      Around the end of September, he saw birds fly, green leaves float; all things that drive a sailor to guess land [is nearby]
      (text normalized according to the grafîa ofiçiâ orthography)
    • 1984, “Crêuza de Mâ”, in Fabrizio De André (lyrics), Mauro Pagani (music), Crêuza de mâ [Muletrack by the sea], performed by Fabrizio De André:
      Ónbre de môri, môri de mainæ / Dónde ne vegnî? Dôve l'é ch'anæ? (Genoese)
      Shadows of faces, faces of sailors / Where do you come from? Where are you going?
  • mâ (“sea”)
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