( aditza ezabaturik)

iz.

1. ( fama, entzute) fame, renown; \omen handiko famed, fabled, celebrated

a. reputation, name; \omen ederrekoa da he's got a good {reputation || name}; \omen txarra du herri honetan he's got a bad name for himself in this town | he's got a bad reputation in this town ; \omena galdu to become discredited | to lose one's good name

b. \omenez jakin dut I heard it on the grapevine| I heard tell about it

3. -(r)i \omen egin pay homage to part.

1. it is said that... | they say that..., reportedly, alledgedly; Jack-ek hiria ongi ezagutzen \omen du Jack is said to know the city well | they say Jack knows the city well ; alde ederra \omen dago, dakitenek diotenez, batetik bestera it is said, by those in the know, that they differ greatly from one another; ezin \omen du jarraitu he is said not to be able to carry on

2. ( aditza ezabaturik) munduan ez \omen halakorik there's said to be nothing like it in the world; bururik ez duenak txapel beharrik, ez \omen he who has no head is said to have no need of a beret

3. (I) ( esaldiaren buruan) gero hau erran zion \omen Ama Birjinak Bernadetteri: eliza bat nahi dut hemen then Our Lady reportedly told Bernadette this: I would like a church here

iz. Landr. furze, gorse (Ulex)

iz. bai \ote? — bai, \oterik gabe could that be? — yes, no doubt about it; \ote-\otezko gauzak dubious things; \ote-\otean daudenak those who are {skeptical || in doubt} moduzko partikula

1. perhaps? maybe? by any chance? etorri \ote dira? could they have come? | might they have come?; zer ikusi \ote dute what {might || could} they have seen?; baina entzuleak egilearen esanahi berbera aditzen al du?; ez \ote da gertatzen entzule batek batera eta besteak bestea aditzea? but does the listener understand the very meaning of the speaker?; could it not be that one listener understands it in one way while the other understands it in another?; horrela \ote da? could it be like that? | could it be so?; gurea \ote dugu Baroja? could Baroja be one of {us || our kind}?; zer gertatu behar \ote du? what might happen?

2. ( zehar galdereta n) beldur naiz egia \ote den I'm afraid it might be true; ba \ote dakizu nor den do you possibly know who it is?; galde daiteke orain ea Peru Abarkaren alde \ote gauden ala kontra we can ask ourselves whether we might be on Peru Abarka's side or against him; olerki hau lehenbiziko aldiz ikusi nuenean miraz gelditu nintzen, txunditua, ahuntz-erdara harrigarri batean \ote zegoelako beldurrez when I saw this poem for the first time I was amazed, shocked, out of fear that it might be in a bizarre kind of Pig latin

3. ( elipsietan, aditza ezabaturik) zergatik \ote? why so?; hitz hori, Axularrena \ote? that word, could it be from Axular?; nongoa \ote? where could he be from?