itsas txakur
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Basque[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From itsas (combining form of itsaso (“sea”)) + txakur (“dog”), a common name for seals around the world, compare German Seehund, Hebrew כֶּלֶב יָם (kélev-yam) and Vietnamese hải cẩu.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: i‧tsas txa‧kur
Noun[edit]
- seal
- Synonyms: itsas otso, foka
Declension[edit]
Declension of itsas txakur (animate, ending in -r)
Further reading[edit]
- “itsas txakur”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
- “itsas txakur”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005