zotz

English

Etymology

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Verb

zotz (third-person singular simple present zotzes, present participle zotzing, simple past and past participle zotzed)

  1. (slang, transitive) To murder, knock off.
    • 1991, Seth Morgan, Homeboy, page 149:
      Got zotzed by burglars she surprised on their boat...

See also

References
  • Tony Thorne (2014) “zotz”, in Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, 4th edition, London,  […]: Bloomsbury

Basque

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *zotz.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /s̻ot͡s̻/, [s̻o̞t͡s̻]

Noun

zotz inan

  1. toothpick
  2. (in the plural) chopsticks
  3. (in the plural) brushwood, small branches
  4. drumstick
  5. spigot

Declension
Declension of zotz (inanimate, ending in consonant)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive zotz zotza zotzak
ergative zotzek zotzak zotzek
dative zotzi zotzari zotzei
genitive zotzen zotzaren zotzen
comitative zotzekin zotzarekin zotzekin
causative zotzengatik zotzarengatik zotzengatik
benefactive zotzentzat zotzarentzat zotzentzat
instrumental zotzez zotzaz zotzez
inessive zotzetan zotzean zotzetan
locative zotzetako zotzeko zotzetako
allative zotzetara zotzera zotzetara
terminative zotzetaraino zotzeraino zotzetaraino
directive zotzetarantz zotzerantz zotzetarantz
destinative zotzetarako zotzerako zotzetarako
ablative zotzetatik zotzetik zotzetatik
partitive zotzik — —
prolative zoztzat — —

Derived terms
  • txotx (“spigot”) (see there for further derivations)
  • zotz egin (“to raffle”)
  • zotzabar (“brushwood”)
  • zotzak bota (“to raffle”)
  • zotzeko (“kept in a barrel”)
  • zotzetara jokatu (“to raffle”)
  • zotzetik edan (“to drink straight from the barrel”)
  • zotzetik hartu (“to drink straight from the barrel”)

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

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