euskaltegi

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Basque euskaltegi.

Noun

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euskaltegi (plural euskaltegis)

  1. A school for teaching the Basque language.
    • 2000, Manuel Ortega, José Bravo, Computers and education in the 21st century, page 252:
      In this way, the users can study with a method that adapts to their needs, at their pace and without the need to go to an Euskaltegi (a school where Euskara classes are specifically taught).
    • 2005, Iñaki Martínez de Luna, Maria-Jose Azurmendi, “The Case of Basque”, in International Journal of the Sociology of Language, page 73:
      The minimum age to sign on at an euskaltegi (Basque language school) is sixteen.
    • 2006, Alfonso Pérez-Agote, The social roots of Basque nationalism, page 136:
      In the beginning, AEK rejected the euskaltegis because it said they prevented grassroots movements from emerging out of the neighborhoods.
    • 2010, Gilles Asselin, Ruth Mastron, Au Contraire: Figuring Out the French, page 142:
      An euskaltegi is a language school (also public or private) usually catering to adult learners.
    • 2010, Patxi Baztarrika, The evolution of the Basque revival, in Minority language protection in Europe: into a new decade: Regional or minority languages, No. 8 (2010, →ISBN, published by the Council of Europe, page 142:
      [] and among those are 300 000 new Basque-speakers (those who have learnt it not at home, but at school or as adults at the euskaltegi.

Basque

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Etymology

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From euskal (Basque) +‎ -tegi (place)

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • IPA(key): /eu̯s̺kalteɡi/ [eu̯s̺.kal̪.t̪e.ɣ̞i]
  • Rhymes: -eɡi
  • Hyphenation: eus‧kal‧te‧gi

Noun

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euskaltegi

  1. A school for teaching the Basque language.

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Further reading

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