oroitu

Basque edit

Etymology edit

From oroit (“memory”) +‎ -tu.^[1]

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /oɾoi̯tu/, [o̞.ɾo̞i̯.t̪u]

Verb edit

oroitu da/du (imperfect participle oroitzen, future participle oroituko, short form oroit, verbal noun oroitze)

to remember, to recall
Egun horretaz oroitzen naiz. ― I remember that day. (literally, “I remember about that day.”)

Usage notes edit

This verb can take intransitive or transitive auxiliaries without a change in meaning. When conjugated with intransitive auxiliaries, what is remembered takes the instrumental case.

References edit

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

Further reading edit

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

[1] “oroit” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

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