( basoaldea)

[from *bendi ? or from * men-ti-] iz.

a. ( gora) mountain; \mendi gorak high mountains; \mendiak igaro to go through the mountains; \mendian behera \\ gora down \\ up the mountain; \mendian gora doaz they're going up the mountain; \mendiaren oinean at the foot of the mountain; \mendiaren gailurrean at the top of the mountain; \mendiez haraindiko eskualdeetan in the areas beyond the mountains; \mendiz \mendi joan ziren they went through the mountains; \mendi {hemendiko || honunzko} beyond the mountains

b. Ernio m\mendia Mt. Ernio; Everest m\mendia Mt. Everest; M\mendi Harritsuak the Rocky Mountains

c. [ izenen aurrean ] mountain-; \mendigain batean on a mountain top; \mendi-orubeak saldu to sell mountain lots

a. ( basoaldea) woodland

b. ( mendialdea) country, wild country; \mendiko artzainak mountain herders; \menditik ibarrera jaitsi to come down to the valley from the mountains

c. \mendira joan i. to go to the mountains ii. ( matxinadan) to head for the hills | to take for the hills; \mendira joaten da asteburuetan he goes to the {mountains || country} every weekend

d. [ izenen aurrean ] country, wild, mountain; \mendi-mutilak gazte indartsuak dira young country boys are strong; \mendi-lanak mountain work | rural work