txakur

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Basque

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃakur/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -akur
  • Hyphenation: txa‧kur

Noun

txakur anim

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

Declension

Declension of txakur (animate, ending in -r)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive txakur txakurra txakurrak
ergative txakurrek txakurrak txakurrek
dative txakurri txakurrari txakurrei
genitive txakurren txakurraren txakurren
comitative txakurrekin txakurrarekin txakurrekin
causative txakurrengatik txakurrarengatik txakurrengatik
benefactive txakurrentzat txakurrarentzat txakurrentzat
instrumental txakurrez txakurraz txakurrez
inessive txakurrengan txakurrarengan txakurrengan
locative — — —
allative txakurrengana txakurrarengana txakurrengana
terminative txakurrenganaino txakurrarenganaino txakurrenganaino
directive txakurrenganantz txakurrarenganantz txakurrenganantz
destinative txakurrenganako txakurrarenganako txakurrenganako
ablative txakurrengandik txakurrarengandik txakurrengandik
partitive txakurrik — —
prolative txakurtzat — —

Derived terms

Descendants

Note: possibly a Wanderwort.

  • →? Corsican: ghjacaru (“dog”), ghiacaru, jacaru (Ultramontane dialects)
  • →? Sardinian: giagaru (“hound”)
  • →? Spanish: cachorro (“puppy”) (against this Trask)
  • →? 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 , euskaltzaindia.eus
  • “txakur” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus
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