itsaso

Basque

Alternative forms

  • itsas (combining form)
  • itzaso, itxaso (dialectal, diminutive)
  • ichasso, itsasso (obsolete)

Etymology

First attested in 1545 as ichasso, from Proto-Basque *itsaso.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most dialects) /it͡s̺as̺o/ [i.t͡s̺a.s̺o]
  • IPA(key): (Biscayan) /it͡s̻as̺o/ [i.t͡s̻a.s̺o]

  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -as̺o, -o
  • Hyphenation: i‧tsa‧so

Noun

itsaso inan

  1. sea
    • 1545, Bernard Etxepare, Linguae Vasconum Primitiae [First fruits of the language of the Basques]‎[1], Eusklatzaindia, published 1995, →ISBN, page 54:
      Ichaſſoac ez yraungui erachequi dadina
      [Itxasoak ez iraungi eratxeki dadina]
      The sea could not put out [any fire] it started

Declension

Declension of itsaso (inan V-stem)
indefinite singular plural proximal plural
absolutive itsaso itsasoa itsasoak itsasook
ergative itsasok itsasoak itsasoek itsasook
dative itsasori itsasoari itsasoei itsasooi
genitive itsasoren itsasoaren itsasoen itsasoon
comitative itsasorekin itsasoarekin itsasoekin itsasookin
causative itsasorengatik itsasoarengatik itsasoengatik itsasoongatik
benefactive itsasorentzat itsasoarentzat itsasoentzat itsasoontzat
instrumental itsasoz itsasoaz itsasoez itsasootaz
innesive itsasotan itsasoan itsasoetan itsasootan
locative itsasotako itsasoko itsasoetako itsasootako
allative itsasotara itsasora itsasoetara itsasootara
terminative itsasotaraino itsasoraino itsasoetaraino itsasootaraino
directive itsasotarantz itsasorantz itsasoetarantz itsasootarantz
destinative itsasotarako itsasorako itsasoetarako itsasootarako
ablative itsasotatik itsasotik itsasoetatik itsasootatik
partitive itsasorik — — —
prolative itsasotzat — — —

Derived terms

  • itsas aingira (“European conger”)
  • itsas armada (“navy”)
  • itsas arrain
  • itsas arrano (“white-tailed eagle”)
  • itsas arrantza
  • itsas azal (“sea surface”)
  • itsas barakuilu (“sea snail”)
  • itsas barraskilo (“sea snail”)
  • itsas barru (“open sea”)
  • itsas belar (“seagrass”)
  • itsas dortoka (“sea turtle”)
  • itsas erdi (“open sea”)
  • itsas gain (“sea surface”)
  • itsas gaztaina (“horse chestnut”)
  • itsas gaztainondo (“horse chestnut tree”)
  • itsas handi (“open sea”)
  • itsas hegi (“coast”)
  • itsas hondar (“bottom of the sea”)
  • itsas hondo (“bottom of the sea”)
  • itsas igaraba (“sea otter”)
  • itsas izar (“starfish”)
  • itsas kabra (“red scorpionfish”)
  • itsas korronte (“ocean current”)
  • itsas lakatz (“sea urchin”)
  • itsas lehoi (“sea lion”)
  • itsas lore
  • itsas maila (“sea level”)
  • itsas mihilu (“rock samphire”)
  • itsas milia (“nautical mile”)
  • itsas oilar (“four-spot megrim”)
  • itsas orro
  • itsas otso (“seal”)
  • itsas pinu (“maritime pine”)
  • itsas portu (“harbor”)
  • itsas suge (“moray eel”)
  • itsas triku (“sea urchin”)
  • itsas txakur (“seal”)
  • itsas txori
  • itsas uhin (“wave”)
  • itsas zabal (“open sea”)
  • itsas zaldi (“seahorse”)
  • itsas zapo (“monkfish”)
  • itsasadar (“estuary”)
  • itsasalde (“coastland”)
  • itsasaldi (“tide”)
  • itsasargi (“lighthouse”)
  • itsasarte (“strait”)
  • itsasbazter
  • itsasbehera (“low tide”)
  • itsasbide (“seaway”)
  • itsasertz (“coast”)
  • itsasgabe (“landlocked”)
  • itsasgizon (“seaman”)
  • itsasgora (“high tide”)
  • itsasgune
  • itsasikara (“seaquake”)
  • itsasketa (“traveling by ship”)
  • itsaski (“seafood”)
  • itsaskirri
  • itsaslabar (“cliff”)
  • itsaslamina (“siren”)
  • itsaslapur (“pirate”)
  • itsaslapurreta (“piracy”)
  • itsaslaster (“ocean current”)
  • itsasmutil (“sea boy”)
  • itsasoa hautsi (“to travel across the sea”)
  • itsasondo (“coast”)
  • itsasondoar (“coastal”)
  • itsasontzi (“ship”)
  • itsasontzigintza (“shipbuilding”)
  • itsasontziratu (“to board a ship”)
  • itsasora irten (“to go out to the sea”)
  • itsasoratu (“to go out to the sea”)
  • itsasorratz (“nautical compass”)
  • itsasozain (“coastal guard”)
  • itsaspe (“bottom of the sea”)
  • itsaspekari (“diver”)
  • itsaspeko (“submarine”)
  • itsasperatu (“to submerge”)
  • itsastar (“sailor”)
  • itsastatu (“to travel by ship”)
  • itsasturi (“sailor”)

Further reading

  • “itsaso”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
  • “itsaso”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
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