bukatu

Basque

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bukatu/ [bu.ka.t̪u]
• Rhymes: -atu, -u
• Hyphenation: bu‧ka‧tu

Verb

bukatu ? (imperfect participle bukatzen, future participle bukatuko, short form buka, verbal noun bukatze)

1. to finish, to end

   Antonym: hasi

2. to die
3. to break (a relationship)

Derived terms

• bukaera (“ending”)
• bukaera gabeko (“without end”)
• bukaezin (“interminable, unending”)
• bukaezinezko (“interminable, unending”)
• bukakor (“finite”)
• bukatugabe (“unfinished”)
• bukatzen ez den soka (“neverending story”, literally “endless rope”)

Further reading

• “bukatu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “bukatu”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005