hego

See also: heĝo

Basque

Alternative forms

• hegal (Etymology 2)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Southern) /eɡo/, [e̞.ɣ̞o̞]
• IPA^(key): (Northern) /heɡo/, [ɦe̞.ɣ̞o̞]

Etymology 1

Perhaps from Occitan eigau (“south wind bringing rain”), from Latin aquālem (“watery”), from aqua, from Proto-Italic *akʷā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂.

Noun

hego inan

1. south
2. south wind

Declension

Declension of hego (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	hego	hegoa	hegoak
ergative	hegok	hegoak	hegoek
dative	hegori	hegoari	hegoei
genitive	hegoren	hegoaren	hegoen
comitative	hegorekin	hegoarekin	hegoekin
causative	hegorengatik	hegoarengatik	hegoengatik
benefactive	hegorentzat	hegoarentzat	hegoentzat
instrumental	hegoz	hegoaz	hegoez
inessive	hegotan	hegoan	hegoetan
locative	hegotako	hegoko	hegoetako
allative	hegotara	hegora	hegoetara
terminative	hegotaraino	hegoraino	hegoetaraino
directive	hegotarantz	hegorantz	hegoetarantz
destinative	hegotarako	hegorako	hegoetarako
ablative	hegotatik	hegotik	hegoetatik
partitive	hegorik	—	—
prolative	hegotzat	—	—

Coordinate terms

(compass points) puntu kardinalak;

ipar-mendebal ipar-sartalde	ipar	ipar-ekialde ipar-sortalde
mendebal sartalde		ekialde sortalde
hego-mendebal hego-sartalde	hego	hego-ekialde hego-sortalde

Etymology 2

There are two possibilities:

• Hego is a variant of hegal. Unlikely, since the change al>o is not attested anywhere else in the language (the word eusko is an artificial and arbitrary alteration of euskal created by Sabino Arana).

• Hego is the original form, hegal being a compound with an obscure second element. More likely and phonetically impeccable, and also accounts for hegaz and hegats, though a final element -l is otherwise unattested.

Noun

hego inan

1. wing
2. fin

Declension

Declension of hego (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	hego	hegoa	hegoak
ergative	hegok	hegoak	hegoek
dative	hegori	hegoari	hegoei
genitive	hegoren	hegoaren	hegoen
comitative	hegorekin	hegoarekin	hegoekin
causative	hegorengatik	hegoarengatik	hegoengatik
benefactive	hegorentzat	hegoarentzat	hegoentzat
instrumental	hegoz	hegoaz	hegoez
inessive	hegotan	hegoan	hegoetan
locative	hegotako	hegoko	hegoetako
allative	hegotara	hegora	hegoetara
terminative	hegotaraino	hegoraino	hegoetaraino
directive	hegotarantz	hegorantz	hegoetarantz
destinative	hegotarako	hegorako	hegoetarako
ablative	hegotatik	hegotik	hegoetatik
partitive	hegorik	—	—
prolative	hegotzat	—	—

Derived terms

• hegaka egin
• hegaz egin
• hegazkin

 

Further reading

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

References

• Etymological Dictionary of Basque

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Ido

Alternative forms

• hejo

Etymology

Borrowed from English hedge, French haie, German Hecke and Gehege. Decision no. 157, Progreso III.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhe.ɡo/

Noun

hego (plural hegi)

1. hedge, hedgerow

Derived terms

• hegizar (“to hedge, hedge in”)
• hego-rozo (“dog rose”)
• hego-roziero (“sweetbrier, eglantine”)

References

• Progreso II (in Ido), 1909–1910, page 709
• Progreso III (in Ido), 1910–1911, page 530
• Progreso IV (in Ido), 1911–1912, page 204