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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.
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 abar "branch", because they were originally made of branches).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 ...
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 ...
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 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.
The Basque–Icelandic pidgin (Basque: Euskoislandiera, Islandiera-euskara pidgina; Icelandic: Basknesk-íslenskt blendingsmál) was a Basque-based pidgin spoken in Iceland during the 17th century. It consisted of Basque , Germanic , and Romance words.
Basque noun phrases are followed by a case suffix, which specifies the relation between the noun phrase and its clause (playing roughly the role of prepositions in English). The most basic cases are shown here, for convenience divided into three main groups: nuclear , local (or locative ) and others.
Among Basque scholars, Aymeric's account of his journey to Santiago de Compostela (around the year 1140) is considered as highly important for the history of the Basque language because it contains some of the earliest Basque words and phrases. The words and phrases he recorded are: [1] andrea 'lady (of the house)' (modern andrea)