adiakari

Basque

FWOTD – 6 December 2022

Etymology

From adia (lament) + -kari.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /adiakaɾi/ [a.ð̞i.a.ka.ɾi]
  • Rhymes: -aɾi
  • Hyphenation: a‧di‧a‧ka‧ri

Noun

adiakari anim

  1. weeper (particularly a hired mourner)
    Synonyms: adiagile, erostari
    • 1913, Marcel Proust, translated by Joxe Austin Arrieta, Swann-etik [Swann's Way] (Denbora galduaren bila [In Search of Lost Time]), Alberdania-Elkar, published 2010, →ISBN:
      Txori bat ote, perpaus txikiaren arima oraino osagabea ote, lamina bat ote, izaki ikusezin eta adiakari hori, zeinaren pleinua segidan errepikatzen baitzuen pianoak samurki?
      Was it a bird, was it the soul, as yet not fully formed, of the little phrase, was it a fairy—that being invisibly lamenting, whose plaint the piano heard and tenderly repeated?
  2. Eurasian scops owl (Otus scops)
    Synonym: apo-hontz
    • 2012, J.M. Olaizola "Txiliku", Piztiarioak, Elkar, →ISBN:
      Adiakaria izenekoa ere askotan aipatu ohi da, eta hontzaren edo urubiaren antzeko animalia bat dela uste da.
      The so-called weeper is often mentioned too, and it is thought to be an animal similar to barn owls or wood owls.

Declension

Further reading

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