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

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -utu
  • Hyphenation: e‧za‧gu‧tu

Verb

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, 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. [Original spelling]
      Eta eguna ethorri zenean, herria etzezaten ezagut: baina portu itsasadar zuen bati ohart zekizkion, hartara, egin albalute, untzia egotzi aiher ziraden. [Modernized spelling]
      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

Derived terms

  • ezagutarazi (to make known)
  • ezaguterraz (recognizable)
  • ezagutezin (unrecognizable)
  • ezagutza (knowledge) (see there for further derivations)

References

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

Further reading

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