erdi

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Basque

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Etymology

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Basque numbers (edit)
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2 3  → 
    Cardinal: bi
    Ordinal: bigarren
    Multiplier: bikoitz
    Distributive: bina
    Collective: bikote
    Fractional: erdi

Unknown.[1] Often compared with Iberian erder (half).[2] For the meaning “to give birth”, compare the semantic field of Latin pars (part) and the correspondent verb parere (to give birth).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /erdi/ [er.ð̞i]
  • Rhymes: -erdi
  • Hyphenation: er‧di

Adverb

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erdi (not comparable)

  1. half
  2. somewhat

Noun

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erdi inan or anim

  1. (animate or inanimate) half
  2. (inanimate) middle, center
  3. (inanimate, nautical) a boat's centerline

Declension

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Verb

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erdi da (imperfect participle erditzen, future participle erdiko, short form erdi, verbal noun erditze)

  1. to give birth
    Synonym: erditu

References

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  1. ^ erdi” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
  2. ^ Orduña A., Eduardo (2011) “Los numerales ibéricos y el protovasco [Iberian numerals and Proto-Basque]”, in Veleia[1] (in Spanish), volume 28, pages 125–139

Further reading

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  • erdi”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
  • erdi”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Turkish

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Verb

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erdi

  1. third-person singular indicative simple past of ermek