Basque edit

Etymology edit

1226; from Proto-Basque *zaldi (horse), recorded in Ibero-Latin thieldo (Pliny, Natural History, 8:166).[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /s̻aldi/, [s̻al̪.d̪i]
  • (file)

Noun edit

zaldi anim

  1. horse

Declension edit

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References edit

  1. ^ Mitxelena, Koldo L. (1961) Fonética histórica vasca [Basque Historical Phonetics] (Obras completas de Luis Michelena; 1) (in Spanish), Diputación Foral de Guipuzkoa, published 1990, →ISBN, page 356

Further reading edit

  • zaldi” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • "zaldi" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • zaldi” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk