zotz

English

Etymology

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Verb

zotz (third-person singular simple present zotzes, present participle zotzing, simple past and past participle zotzed)

1. (slang, transitive) To murder, knock off.
   • 1991, Seth Morgan, Homeboy, page 149:

     Got zotzed by burglars she surprised on their boat...

See also

• zotzed (“drunk”)

References

• Tony Thorne (2014), “zotz”, in Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, 4th edition, London;  […]: Bloomsbury

Basque

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Basque *zotz.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /s̻ot͡s̻/ [s̻ot͡s̻]

• IPA^(key): (most dialects) /s̻ot͡s̻/ [s̻ot͡s̻]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /s̺ot͡s̻/ [s̺ot͡s̻]

• Rhymes: -ots̻
• Hyphenation: zotz

Noun

zotz inan

1. toothpick
2. (in the plural) chopsticks
3. (in the plural) brushwood, small branches
4. (music) drumstick
5. spigot

Declension

Declension of zotz (inan C-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	zotz	zotza	zotzak	zotzok
ergative	zotzek	zotzak	zotzek	zotzok
dative	zotzi	zotzari	zotzei	zotzoi
genitive	zotzen	zotzaren	zotzen	zotzon
comitative	zotzekin	zotzarekin	zotzekin	zotzokin
causative	zotzengatik	zotzarengatik	zotzengatik	zotzongatik
benefactive	zotzentzat	zotzarentzat	zotzentzat	zotzontzat
instrumental	zotzez	zotzaz	zotzez	zotzotaz
inessive	zotzetan	zotzean	zotzetan	zotzotan
locative	zotzetako	zotzeko	zotzetako	zotzotako
allative	zotzetara	zotzera	zotzetara	zotzotara
terminative	zotzetaraino	zotzeraino	zotzetaraino	zotzotaraino
directive	zotzetarantz	zotzerantz	zotzetarantz	zotzotarantz
destinative	zotzetarako	zotzerako	zotzetarako	zotzotarako
ablative	zotzetatik	zotzetik	zotzetatik	zotzotatik
partitive	zotzik	—	—	—
prolative	zoztzat	—	—	—

Derived terms

• txotx (“spigot”) (see there for further derivations)
• zotz egin (“to raffle”)
• zotzabar (“brushwood”)
• zotzak bota (“to raffle”)
• zotzeko (“kept in a barrel”)
• zotzetara jokatu (“to raffle”)
• zotzetik edan (“to drink straight from the barrel”)
• zotzetik hartu (“to drink straight from the barrel”)

Further reading

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