oroitu

Basque

Etymology

From oroit (“memory”) +‎ -tu.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oɾoi̯tu/ [o.ɾoi̯.t̪u]
  • Rhymes: -oi̯tu, -u
  • Hyphenation: o‧roi‧tu

Verb

oroitu da/du (imperfect participle oroitzen, future participle oroituko, short form oroit, verbal noun oroitze)

  1. to remember, to recall
    Egun horretaz oroitzen naiz. ― I remember that day. (literally, “I remember about that day.”)

Usage notes

This verb can take intransitive or transitive auxiliaries without a change in meaning. When conjugated with intransitive auxiliaries, what is remembered takes the instrumental case.

References

  1. ^ R. L. Trask (2008) “oroit”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 315

Further reading

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