halakotz
Basque
editEtymology
editFrom hala (“thus”, adverb) + -kotz.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /halakot͡s̻/ [ha.la.kot͡s̻]
- IPA(key): (Southern) /alakot͡s̻/ [a.la.kot͡s̻]
- Rhymes: -akots̻
- Hyphenation: ha‧la‧kotz
Conjunction
edithalakotz
- (archaic) thus, therefore
- 1571, Joanes Leizarraga, editor, Iesus Christ Gure Iaunaren Testamentu Berria[1], La Rochelle, Ephesianoetara 4:25:
- Halacotz, gueçurra kenduric, minça çaiteztez eguiaz batbedera cein çuen hurcoarequin: ecen elkarren membro gara.
- [Halakotz, gezurra kendurik, mintza zaiteztez egiaz batbedera zein zuen hurkoarequin: ezen elkarren membro gara.]
- Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another. – KJV
Further reading
edit- “halakotz”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005