euskaltegi

Borrowed from Basque euskaltegi.

euskaltegi (plural euskaltegis)

1. 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.

From euskal (“Basque”) +‎ -tegi (“place”)

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• IPA^(key): /eu̯s̺kalteɡi/
• Rhymes: -eɡi
• Hyphenation: eus‧kal‧te‧gi

euskaltegi

1. A school for teaching the Basque language.

• “euskaltegi”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “euskaltegi”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005