astearte

From aste (“week”) +‎ arte (“between”), literally “middle of the week”. This seems to indicate that sometime in the past, the Basques used a three-day week; however, this seems unlikely. It is probable that this term originated in relatively recent times, but the motivation of its etymology is unknown.[1] See also astelehen (“Monday”, literally “beginning of the week”) and asteazken (“Wednesday”, literally “end of the week”).

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• IPA^(key): /as̺tearte/, [as̺.t̪e̞.ar.t̪e̞]

astearte inan

1. Tuesday

   Synonym: martitzen

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• (days of the week) asteko egunak; astelehen, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), asteazken, ostegun, ostiral, larunbat, igande ^{(Category: eu:Days of the week)}

• "astearte" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
• “astearte” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus