etzan
Basque edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Basque *-tzaun-, with uncertain vocalism.[1]
Pronunciation edit
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Verb edit
etzan ? (imperfect participle etzaten, future participle etzango or etzanen, short form etzan, verbal noun etzate)
Conjugation edit
etzan ― NOR paradigm
| Mood / Tense | NOR (absolutive) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg | 2nd sg inf. | 3rd sg | 1st pl | 2nd sg | 2nd pl | 3rd pl | ||
| ni | hi | hura | gu | zu | zuek | haiek | ||
| indicative | present | natza | hatza | datza | gautza | zautza | zautzate | dautza |
| past | nentzan | hentzan | zetzan | geuntzan | zeuntzan | zeuntzaten | zeutzan | |
| conditional | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| hypothetic cons. | nentzake | hentzake | letzake | geuntzake | zeuntzake | zeuntzakete | leutzake | |
| past cons. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| potential | present | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| hypothetic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| past | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| subjunctive | present | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| past | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| imperative | present | — | hatza | betza | — | zautza | zautzate | beutza |
References edit
- ^ “etzan” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
Further reading edit
Cimbrian edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German etzen, atzen, from Old High German etzen, azzen, from Proto-Germanic *atjaną. Cognate with German ätzen.
Verb edit
etzan (auxiliary håm)
References edit
- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien