lehendabizi

Basque

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /lehendabis̻i/ [le.hẽn̪.d̪a.β̞i.s̻i]
 
  • IPA(key): (Gipuzkoan, Navarrese) /lendabis̻i/ [lẽn̪.d̪a.β̞i.s̻i]
  • IPA(key): (Biscayan) /lendabis̺i/ [lẽn̪.d̪a.β̞i.s̺i]

 
  • Rhymes: -is̻i, -i
  • Rhymes: -is̺i, -i

  • Hyphenation: le‧hen‧da‧bi‧zi

Adverb

lehendabizi (not comparable)

  1. before, earlier
  2. firstly, in the first place

Derived terms

Further reading

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