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This is a list of Spanish words which are considered to be of Basque origin. Some of these words existed in Latin as loanwords from other languages. [clarification needed] Some of these words have alternate etymologies and may also appear on a list of Spanish words from a different language.
irrintzi — whoop of joy typical of Basque shepherds when they are in the mountains, and of Basque people in general; irri-orro — smudge. isilka-misilka — whispering. iski-miski — trivialities. ito-ito — a big hurry. itsu-itsu — blindly. itx-atx — not a word. ixil-mixil — secret conversation. ixo — shhh, hush. izka-mizka ...
Pages in category "Basque words and phrases" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. J.
A Basque noun-phrase is inflected in 17 different ways for case, multiplied by four ways for its definiteness and number (indefinite, definite singular, definite plural, and definite close plural: euskaldun [Basque speaker], euskalduna [the Basque speaker, a Basque speaker], euskaldunak [Basque speakers, the Basque speakers], and euskaldunok ...
Basque word order is largely determined by the notions of focus and topic which are employed to decide how to "package" or structure the propositional content (information) in utterances. Focus is a feature that attaches to a part of a sentence considered to contain the most important information, the "point" of the utterance.
The origin of the Basques and the Basque language is a controversial topic that has given rise to numerous hypotheses. Modern Basque, a descendant or close relative of Aquitanian and Proto-Basque, is the only pre-Indo-European language that is extant in western Europe.
It lists Basque words from all Basque dialects in unmodified form and is considered a major source of dialectal material. Azkue collected the data for this dictionary from existing sources and his own research. [2] It has been reprinted numerous times. Diccionario de Bolsillo Vasco-Español y Español-Vasco (1918), a Spanish-Basque pocket ...
The Basque alphabet is a Latin alphabet used to write the Basque language. It consists of 27 letters. List of letters. The letters of the ...