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abarca "sandal" (cf. Basque abarka < abar "branch", because they were originally made of branches). The word was loaned in Mozarabic and even in Arab pargha/bargha and from here to Spanish alpargata (Trask 2008, 74). abertzale / aberzale "Basque patriot, Basque nationalist" (cf. Basque abertzale). Recent loanword as it is a Basque neologism ...
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.
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 ...
Basque words and phrases (2 C, 3 P) Basque-language works (2 C) Pages in category "Basque language" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total.
Martin-ek Martin- ERG egunkari-ak newspaper- PL. ABS erosten buy- GER di-zki-t AUX. 3. OBJ - PL. OBJ -me. IO [3SG _ SBJ] Martin-ek egunkari-ak erosten di-zki-t Martin-ERG newspaper-PL.ABS buy-GER AUX.3.OBJ-PL.OBJ-me.IO[3SG_SBJ] "Martin buys the newspapers for me." Martin-ek is the agent (transitive subject), so it is marked with the ergative case ending -k (with an epenthetic -e-). Egunkariak ...
The translation needs certain explanations from the original Basque words: "Agur" is a Basque word that we can translate into English both as "hail" and as "farewell". "Jaunak" in the context of the song means gentlemen, sirs, people of certain social stature, someone who deserves certain courtesy.
Bertsolaritza [berˈts̺olaɾits̻a] or bertsolarism is the art of singing improvised songs in Basque according to various melodies and rhyming patterns. Bertsos can be composed at a variety of occasions but are performed generally by one or various bertsolaris onstage in an event arranged for the purpose or as a sideshow, in homage ceremonies, in benefit lunches and suppers, with friends or ...
Erromintxela (Basque pronunciation: [eromintʃela] ⓘ) is the distinctive language of a group of Romani living in the Basque Country, who also go by the name Erromintxela. It is sometimes called Basque Caló [2] or Errumantxela [3] in English; caló vasco, romaní vasco, or errominchela in Spanish; and euskado-rromani [4] or euskado-romani [5 ...