idatzi

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Basque

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Etymology

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Coined by Basque nationalist, writer and politician Sabino Arana in the 19th century to replace the borrowings eskribitu and izkiribitu, altered arbitrarily from Old Basque iraatsi (to write), of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /idat͡s̻i/ [i.ð̞a.t͡s̻i]
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  • Rhymes: -ats̻i
  • Hyphenation: i‧da‧tzi

Verb

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idatzi du (imperfect participle idazten, future participle idatziko, short form idatz, verbal noun idazte)

  1. to write
    Mikel gutun bat idazten ari da.Mikel is writing a letter.

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