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Basque
Etymology
From zigor (“whip, punishment”) + -tu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most dialects) /s̻iɡortu/
- IPA(key): (Biscayan) /s̺iɡortu/
- Rhymes: -ortu
- Hyphenation: zi‧gor‧tu
Verb
zigortu du (imperfect participle zigortzen, future participle zigortuko, short form zigor, verbal noun zigortze)
- to whip
- to punish, to sanction
Derived terms
Further reading
- "zigortu" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus
- “zigortu” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus