Lezo

See also: lezo and leżo

Basque

Etymology

Perhaps from leize (“cave”) or related to Lezama.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /les̻o/ [le.s̻o]

• IPA^(key): (most dialects) /les̻o/ [le.s̻o]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /les̺o/ [le.s̺o]

 

• Rhymes: -es̻o

• Rhymes: -es̻o
• Rhymes: -es̺o

• Hyphenation: Le‧zo

Proper noun

Lezo inan

1. A town and municipality of Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain

Declension

Declension of Lezo (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite
absolutive	Lezo
ergative	Lezok
dative	Lezori
genitive	Lezoren
comitative	Lezorekin
causative	Lezorengatik
benefactive	Lezorentzat
instrumental	Lezoz
inessive	Lezon
locative	Lezoko
allative	Lezora
terminative	Lezoraino
directive	Lezorantz
destinative	Lezorako
ablative	Lezotik
partitive	Lezorik
prolative	Lezotzat

Derived terms

• lezoar

 

References

• Patxi Salaberri Zaratiegi (2019) “Lezo”, in Gipuzkoako herrien izenak‎^[1] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia, →ISBN, page 259