bertso

Basque

Etymology

From Spanish verso (“verse, line”).

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most dialects) /bert͡s̺o/ [ber.t͡s̺o]
  • IPA(key): (Biscayan) /bert͡s̻o/ [ber.t͡s̻o]

 
  • Rhymes: -erts̺o, -o
  • Rhymes: -erts̻o, -o

  • Hyphenation: ber‧tso

Noun

bertso inan

  1. a spontaneous song sung in Basque

Declension

Declension of bertso (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive bertso bertsoa bertsoak
ergative bertsok bertsoak bertsoek
dative bertsori bertsoari bertsoei
genitive bertsoren bertsoaren bertsoen
comitative bertsorekin bertsoarekin bertsoekin
causative bertsorengatik bertsoarengatik bertsoengatik
benefactive bertsorentzat bertsoarentzat bertsoentzat
instrumental bertsoz bertsoaz bertsoez
inessive bertsotan bertsoan bertsoetan
locative bertsotako bertsoko bertsoetako
allative bertsotara bertsora bertsoetara
terminative bertsotaraino bertsoraino bertsoetaraino
directive bertsotarantz bertsorantz bertsoetarantz
destinative bertsotarako bertsorako bertsoetarako
ablative bertsotatik bertsotik bertsoetatik
partitive bertsorik — —
prolative bertsotzat — —

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Basque bertso, from Spanish verso.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbeɾt͡ʃo/ [ˈbeɾ.t͡ʃo]
  • Rhymes: -eɾtʃo
  • Syllabification: ber‧tso

Noun

bertso m (plural bertsos)

  1. a spontaneous song sung in Basque
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