ipini

Basque

Etymology

From the stem ipin- (put), possibly from Proto-Basque *e-ben-i or Proto-Basque *e-bain-i.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ipini/ [i.pi.ni]
  • IPA(key): (Southern) /ipiɲi/ [i.pi.ɲi]
  • Rhymes: -ini, -i
  • Rhymes: -iɲi, -i
  • Hyphenation: i‧pi‧ni

Verb

ipini du (imperfect participle ipintzen, future participle ipiniko, short form ipin, verbal noun ipintze)

  1. to put, set
    Synonym: ezarri
  2. to write, put on paper

References

  1. ^ R. L. Trask (2008) “ipini”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 227

Further reading

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