txakur

Basque

Alternative forms

Etymology

First attested in 1571, originally a diminutive of zakur meaning "puppy".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃakur/ [t͡ʃa.kur]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -akur
  • Hyphenation: txa‧kur

Noun

txakur anim

  1. dog
    Synonym: or
  2. (derogatory) cop

Declension

Derived terms

  • txakur amorratu
  • txakur handi
  • txakur txiki
  • txakur-amets
  • txakur-eztul
  • txakurkeria
  • txakurki
  • txakurkume (puppy)
  • txakurrak hanka-hutsik ibili
  • txakurrak oinutsik ibili
  • txakurrak ortozik ibili
  • txakurraren ipurdira bidali
  • txakurraren ipurdira joan
  • txakurraren putza
  • txakurraren salara bidali
  • txakurraren salara joan
  • txakurrenak esan
  • txakurtegi
  • txakurtxo

Descendants

Note: possibly a Wanderwort.

  • ? Corsican: ghjacaru (dog), ghiacaru, jacaru (Ultramontane dialects)
  • ? Sardinian: giagaru (hound)
  • ? Spanish: cachorro (puppy)[1] (against this Trask) [2]
  • ? Ottoman Turkish: زغر (zağar, hound)

References

  1. Spanish in Contact: Issues in Bilingualism. (1996). United States: Cascadilla Press, p. 3
  2. Trask, R. L. (2013). The History of Basque. United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis, p. 416

Further reading

  • "txakur" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • txakur” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus
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