hozkatu

Basque

Etymology

From hozka (“bite”) +‎ -tu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /hos̻katu/ [hos̻.ka.t̪u]
 
  • IPA(key): (Gipuzkoan, Navarrese) /os̻katu/ [os̻.ka.t̪u]
  • IPA(key): (Biscayan) /os̺katu/ [os̺.ka.t̪u]

  • Rhymes: -atu, -u
  • Hyphenation: hoz‧ka‧tu

Verb

hozkatu ? (imperfect participle hozkatzen, future participle hozkatuko, short form hozka, verbal noun hozkatze)

  1. to bite, take a bite

Further reading

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