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ezagutu

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Basque

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): (most dialects) /es̻aɡutu/ [e.s̻a.ɣ̞u.t̪u]
  • IPA(key): (Biscayan) /es̺aɡutu/ [e.s̺a.ɣ̞u.t̪u]

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  • Rhymes: -utu
  • Hyphenation: e‧za‧gu‧tu

Verb

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ezagutu du (imperfect participle ezagutzen, future participle ezagutuko, short form ezagut, verbal noun ezagutze)

  1. to know, to be aware of
    • 1571, Joanes Leizarraga, editor, Iesus Christ Gure Iaunaren Testamentu Berria[1], La Rochelle, Acteac 27:39:
      Eta eguna ethorri cenean, herria etzeçaten eçagut: baina portu itſas adar çuen bati ohart cequizquión, hartara, eguin albalute, vncia egotzi aiher ciraden.
      [Eta eguna ethorri zenean, herria etzezaten ezagut: baina portu itsasadar zuen bati ohart zekizkion, hartara, egin albalute, untzia egotzi aiher ziraden.]
      And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship. – KJV
  2. to meet
  3. to acknowledge
  4. to distinguish
  5. (archaic, biblical) to know, have sexual relations with

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ ezagun” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

Further reading

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