balakatu

Basque

Alternative forms

  • palakatu (Gipuzkoa)
  • palagatu (Biscay)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Spanish falagar (“to flatter”), according to Joan Coromines and José Pascual.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /balakatu/, [ba.la.ka.t̪u]

Verb

balakatu du (imperfect participle balakatzen, future participle balakatuko, short form balaka, verbal noun balakatze)

  1. to flatter
    Synonyms: lausengatu, losintxatu

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “halagar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 305

Further reading

  • “balakatu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
  • “balakatu”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
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