( ulerterraza)

[from *enuskara (way of speaking) from *enuskala from *enautsi + -(k)ala, *enautsi (speak, reconstructed form), cf. -i—o- in B "di—o" (he says), "di—ost" (he tells me), the form "enusquera" is attested in Garibai's "Compendio historial" from 1571. A less satisfactory explanation is "Ausci (a tribe) + ela"] iz. Basque, Euskara; \euskara eder batean in a beautiful Basque; ba al dakizu \euskaraz? can you speak Basque?; \euskaraz idatzi \\ irakurri to write \\ read Basque; \euskara ikastea eta \euskaraz ikastea ez dira bat learning Basque and learning in Basque aren't the same thing; ahozko \euskara spoken Basque; herriko \euskara colloquial Basque; idatzizko \euskara written Basque; literatur \euskara literary Basque; \euskara batua Unified Basque; \euskara garbia i. ( ulerterraza) plain Basque ii. ( erdarakadarik gabekoa) pure Basque, Basque free of barbarisms