hondatu

• ondatu

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• IPA^(key): (Southern) /ondatu/, [õ̞n̪.d̪a.t̪u]
• IPA^(key): (Northern) /hondatu/, [ɦõ̞n̪.d̪a.t̪u]

hondatu da/du (imperfect participle hondatzen, future participle hondatuko, short form honda, verbal noun hondatze)

1. to destroy
2. to spoil, to ruin
3. to break, to break down

   Synonym: apurtu

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