bukatu

Basque

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bukatu/ [bu.ka.t̪u]
  • Rhymes: -atu, -u
  • Hyphenation: bu‧ka‧tu

Verb

bukatu ? (imperfect participle bukatzen, future participle bukatuko, short form buka, verbal noun bukatze)

  1. to finish, to end
    Antonym: hasi
  2. to die
  3. to break (a relationship)

Derived terms

  • bukaera (“ending”)
  • bukaera gabeko (“without end”)
  • bukaezin (“interminable, unending”)
  • bukaezinezko (“interminable, unending”)
  • bukakor (“finite”)
  • bukatugabe (“unfinished”)
  • bukatzen ez den soka (“neverending story”, literally “endless rope”)

Further reading

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