jausi

Basque

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *e-au(t)s-i, doublet of jaitsi (“to descend”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ɟau̯s̺i/ [ɟau̯.s̺i]
 
  • IPA(key): (Gipuzkoan) /xau̯s̺i/ [xau̯.s̺i]
  • IPA(key): (Biscayan) /d͡ʒau̯s̺i/ [d͡ʒau̯.s̺i]
  • IPA(key): (Navarrese) /jau̯s̺i/ [jau̯.s̺i]

  • Rhymes: -au̯s̺i, -i
  • Hyphenation: jau‧si

Verb

jausi ? (imperfect participle jausten, future participle jausiko, short form jaus, verbal noun jauste)

  1. to fall

References

  1. ^ R. L. Trask (2008) “jautsi”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 242

Further reading

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