porru-hazi

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Basque

Etymology

From porru (leek) +‎ hazi (seed).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /poru has̻i/
 
  • IPA(key): (Gipuzkoan, Navarrese) /poru as̻i/
  • IPA(key): (Biscayan) /poru as̺i/

  • Hyphenation: po‧rru-ha‧zi

Noun

porru-hazi inan

  1. (informal) benefit, profit, gain
    • 2002, Manuel Matxain, “Morroi baten arrenkurak”, in edited by Antonio Zavala, Uste gabean (Auspoa Liburutegia; 277), Auspoa, →ISBN, page 65:
      Orain sei illabete,
      gutxi gora-bera,
      morroi etorri nintzan
      baserri batera,
      porru-azi aundirik
      eztet nik atera.
      Six months ago
      more or less,
      I started working
      in a farm,
      little benefit
      did I obtain.

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