erdi

See also: Erdi

Basque

Etymology

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) Unknown.[1] Often compared with Iberian erder (“half”).[2] For the meaning “to give birth”, compare the semantic field of Latin pars (“part”) and the correspondent verb parere (“to give birth”).

Pronunciation
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  • IPA(key): /erdi/ [er.ð̞i]
  • Rhymes: -erdi
  • Hyphenation: er‧di

Adverb

erdi (not comparable)

  1. half
  2. somewhat

Noun

erdi inan or anim

  1. (animate or inanimate) half
  2. (inanimate) middle, center
  3. (inanimate, nautical) a boat's centerline

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Verb

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  1. to give birth
    Synonym: erditu

References
  1. “erdi” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
  2. Orduña A., Eduardo (2011), “Los numerales ibéricos y el protovasco [Iberian numerals and Proto-Basque]”, in Veleia‎ (in Spanish), volume 28, pages 125–139

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

Turkish

Verb

erdi

  1. third-person singular indicative simple past of ermek
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