ezagutu
Basque
Etymology
Originally, this verb belonged to the -n class of verbs, but the suffix later changed to -tu. The original participle survives as the adjective ezagun (“known”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /es̻aɡutu/, [e̞.s̻a.ɣ̞u.t̪u]
Verb
ezagutu ? (present participle ezagutzen, future participle ezagutuko, short form ezagut, verbal noun ezagutze)
- to know, to be aware of
- to meet
- to acknowledge
- to distinguish
- (transitive, archaic, biblical) to know, have sexual relations with
Conjugation
ezagutu ― NOR-NORK paradigm
Derived terms
- ezagutarazi (“to make known”)
- ezaguterraz (“recognizable”)
- ezagutezin (“unrecognizable”)
- ezagutza (“knowledge”) (see there for further derivations)
References
- “ezagun” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
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