zotz
English edit
Etymology edit
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Verb edit
zotz (third-person singular simple present zotzes, present participle zotzing, simple past and past participle zotzed)
- (slang, transitive) To murder, knock off.
- 1991, Seth Morgan, Homeboy, page 149:
- Got zotzed by burglars she surprised on their boat...
See also edit
- zotzed (“drunk”)
References edit
- Tony Thorne (2014) “zotz”, in Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, 4th edition, London, […]: Bloomsbury
Basque edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Basque *zotz.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
zotz inan
Declension edit
Declension of zotz (inanimate, ending in consonant)
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | zotz | zotza | zotzak |
ergative | zotzek | zotzak | zotzek |
dative | zotzi | zotzari | zotzei |
genitive | zotzen | zotzaren | zotzen |
comitative | zotzekin | zotzarekin | zotzekin |
causative | zotzengatik | zotzarengatik | zotzengatik |
benefactive | zotzentzat | zotzarentzat | zotzentzat |
instrumental | zotzez | zotzaz | zotzez |
inessive | zotzetan | zotzean | zotzetan |
locative | zotzetako | zotzeko | zotzetako |
allative | zotzetara | zotzera | zotzetara |
terminative | zotzetaraino | zotzeraino | zotzetaraino |
directive | zotzetarantz | zotzerantz | zotzetarantz |
destinative | zotzetarako | zotzerako | zotzetarako |
ablative | zotzetatik | zotzetik | zotzetatik |
partitive | zotzik | — | — |
prolative | zoztzat | — | — |
Derived terms edit
- txotx (“spigot”) (see there for further derivations)
- zotz egin (“to raffle”)
- zotzabar (“brushwood”)
- zotzak bota (“to raffle”)
- zotzeko (“kept in a barrel”)
- zotzetara jokatu (“to raffle”)
- zotzetik edan (“to drink straight from the barrel”)
- zotzetik hartu (“to drink straight from the barrel”)
References edit
- ^ “zotz” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk