euskaltegi
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Basque euskaltegi.
Noun
euskaltegi (plural euskaltegis)
- A school for teaching the Basque language.
- 2000, Manuel Ortega, José Bravo, Computers and education in the 21st century, page 252:
- In this way, the users can study with a method that adapts to their needs, at their pace and without the need to go to an Euskaltegi (a school where Euskara classes are specifically taught).
- 2005, Iñaki Martínez de Luna, Maria-Jose Azurmendi, “The Case of Basque”, in International Journal of the Sociology of Language, page 73:
- The minimum age to sign on at an euskaltegi (Basque language school) is sixteen.
- 2006, Alfonso Pérez-Agote, The social roots of Basque nationalism, page 136:
- In the beginning, AEK rejected the euskaltegis because it said they prevented grassroots movements from emerging out of the neighborhoods.
- 2010, Gilles Asselin, Ruth Mastron, Au Contraire: Figuring Out the French, page 142:
- An euskaltegi is a language school (also public or private) usually catering to adult learners.
- 2010, Patxi Baztarrika, The evolution of the Basque revival, in Minority language protection in Europe: into a new decade: Regional or minority languages, No. 8 (2010, →ISBN, published by the Council of Europe, page 142:
- […] and among those are 300 000 new Basque-speakers (those who have learnt it not at home, but at school or as adults at the euskaltegi.
Basque
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - IPA(key): /eu̯s̺kalteɡi/ [eu̯s̺.kal̪.t̪e.ɣ̞i]
- Rhymes: -eɡi
- Hyphenation: eus‧kal‧te‧gi
Declension
Declension of euskaltegi (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | euskaltegi | euskaltegia | euskaltegiak |
ergative | euskaltegik | euskaltegiak | euskaltegiek |
dative | euskaltegiri | euskaltegiari | euskaltegiei |
genitive | euskaltegiren | euskaltegiaren | euskaltegien |
comitative | euskaltegirekin | euskaltegiarekin | euskaltegiekin |
causative | euskaltegirengatik | euskaltegiarengatik | euskaltegiengatik |
benefactive | euskaltegirentzat | euskaltegiarentzat | euskaltegientzat |
instrumental | euskaltegiz | euskaltegiaz | euskaltegiez |
inessive | euskaltegitan | euskaltegian | euskaltegietan |
locative | euskaltegitako | euskaltegiko | euskaltegietako |
allative | euskaltegitara | euskaltegira | euskaltegietara |
terminative | euskaltegitaraino | euskaltegiraino | euskaltegietaraino |
directive | euskaltegitarantz | euskaltegirantz | euskaltegietarantz |
destinative | euskaltegitarako | euskaltegirako | euskaltegietarako |
ablative | euskaltegitatik | euskaltegitik | euskaltegietatik |
partitive | euskaltegirik | — | — |
prolative | euskaltegitzat | — | — |
Further reading
- "euskaltegi" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
- “euskaltegi” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus
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