zekien
Basque
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ien, -en
- Hyphenation: ze‧ki‧en
Etymology 1
Verb
zekien
- Third-person singular (hura), taking third-person plural (haiei) as indirect object, past subjunctive form of izan.
Usage notes
Linguistically, this verb form can be seen as belonging to the reconstructed citation form edin instead of izan.
Etymology 2
Verb
zekien (masculine allocutive zekiean, feminine allocutive zekienan)
- Third-person singular (hura), taking third-person plural (haiei) as indirect object, past indicative form of ekin (“to devote”).
Etymology 3
Verb
zekien (masculine allocutive zekian, feminine allocutive zekinan)
- Third-person singular (hark), taking third-person singular (hura) as direct object, past indicative form of jakin (“to know”).
Etymology 4
Verb
zekien
- Feminine allocutive form of dakie.
- Alternative form: zakien