ezagutu

Originally, this verb belonged to the -n class of verbs, but the suffix later changed to -tu. The original participle survives as the adjective ezagun (“known”).^[1]

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• Rhymes: -utu
• Hyphenation: e‧za‧gu‧tu

ezagutu du (imperfect participle ezagutzen, future participle ezagutuko, short form ezagut, verbal noun ezagutze)

1. to know, to be aware of
   • 1571, Joanes Leizarraga, editor, Iesus Christ Gure Iaunaren Testamentu Berria‎, La Rochelle, Acteac 27:39:

     Eta eguna ethorri cenean, herria etzeçaten eçagut: baina portu itſas adar çuen bati ohart cequizquión, hartara, eguin albalute, vncia egotzi aiher ciraden.

     [Eta eguna ethorri zenean, herria etzezaten ezagut: baina portu itsasadar zuen bati ohart zekizkion, hartara, egin albalute, untzia egotzi aiher ziraden.]

     And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship. – KJV

2. to meet
3. to acknowledge
4. to distinguish
5. (archaic, biblical) to know, have sexual relations with

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