zotz

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English

Etymology

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Verb

zotz (third-person singular simple present zotzes, present participle zotzing, simple past and past participle zotzed)

(slang, transitive) To murder, knock off.
- 1991, Seth Morgan, Homeboy, page 149:
  Got zotzed by burglars she surprised on their boat...

See also

zotzed (“drunk”)

References

Tony Thorne (2014) “zotz”, in Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, 4th edition, London, : Bloomsbury

Basque

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *zotz.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /s̻ot͡s̻/,

Noun

zotz inan

toothpick
(in the plural) chopsticks
(in the plural) brushwood, small branches
drumstick
spigot

Declension

Declension of zotz (inanimate, ending in consonant)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	zotz	zotza	zotzak
ergative	zotzek	zotzak	zotzek
dative	zotzi	zotzari	zotzei
genitive	zotzen	zotzaren	zotzen
comitative	zotzekin	zotzarekin	zotzekin
causative	zotzengatik	zotzarengatik	zotzengatik
benefactive	zotzentzat	zotzarentzat	zotzentzat
instrumental	zotzez	zotzaz	zotzez
inessive	zotzetan	zotzean	zotzetan
locative	zotzetako	zotzeko	zotzetako
allative	zotzetara	zotzera	zotzetara
terminative	zotzetaraino	zotzeraino	zotzetaraino
directive	zotzetarantz	zotzerantz	zotzetarantz
destinative	zotzetarako	zotzerako	zotzetarako
ablative	zotzetatik	zotzetik	zotzetatik
partitive	zotzik	—	—
prolative	zoztzat	—	—

Derived terms

txotx (“spigot”) (see there for further derivations)
zotz egin (“to raffle”)
zotzabar (“brushwood”)
zotzak bota (“to raffle”)
zotzeko (“kept in a barrel”)
zotzetara jokatu (“to raffle”)
zotzetik edan (“to drink straight from the barrel”)
zotzetik hartu (“to drink straight from the barrel”)

References

^ “zotz” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

Further reading

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

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