sonte

sonte

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Syncope of Old Albanian sonëte, from the contraction of the syntagma *só nate, from Proto-Albanian *ti̯ā́ náta, from Pre-Proto-Albanian *tei̯i̯ā́ náta(i̯)i, from Proto-Indo-European *tes(m)i̯áh₂i nékʷti.[1] Same type of construction as sot, sivjet. More at natë.

Adverb

sonte

  1. tonight

References

  1. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl et al. (2021), “sonte”, in DPEWA. Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen [DPEWA. Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of Old Albanian]

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

sonte

  1. ablative singular of sōns

Spanish

Etymology

Probably a reduction from Classical Nahuatl centzontli (“four hundred”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsonte/ [ˈsõn̪.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -onte
  • Syllabification: son‧te

Noun

sonte m (plural sontes)

  1. (Guatemala) alternative form of zonte (“A set of four hundred (especially of agricultural products)”)
    • 1891 [1885 September], “Utzil”, in José Maria García Salas, editor, Panorama guatemalteco: Bellezas naturales de la Republica de Guatemala, Guatemala: El Comercio, Ruinas (section IX), page 252:
      “ […] Cobró aliento chupando algunas flores de Chalí y se dirigió á Panimaché que distaba un sonte de pasos.”
      “ […] He caught his breath sucking some Chalí flowers and set out for Panimaché, which was four hundred strides away.”

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