( dagokion)

to put something in the right perspective

da/ad.

1. ( izan)

a. to be; txoria kaiolan dago the bird is in the cage; txoria kaiolan egoten da the bird is usually in the cage ; bi urte \egon zen African he was two years in Africa; Roosevelt Etxe Zurian \egon zen 15 urtez Roosevelt was in the White House for 15 years

b. ( etxean) to be in, be at home; Amaia al dago? is Amaia {in || there}?; kanpoan dago she's {out || away}

c. ( egoera, osasunari d.) to be; ondo zaude? are you {well || all right}?

d. ( kokatu) to stand, be; Udaletxea enparantza nagusian dago the Town Hall {stands || is} in the main square

a. ( egoera adierazten duen izenari d.) ados \egon to agree; eri \egon to be sick; gatibu daudenak those who are held captive

b. ( adb. bati d.) bizirik \egon to be alive; lotan \egon to be asleep; bi orduz \egon dira zain they've been waiting for two hours

c. to be; dagoen dagoenean as it is; zegoen zegoenean utzi zuen he left is as it was

c. ( + -ta, -a, -rik) egina dago it's done; dena ongi antolatuta dago everything is well organized; paperean bilduta dago it's wrapped in paper; asko ikasia nago I've learnt a lot

a. ( iraun) to remain, be, stay, keep on idatzi izan dut, eta lehengoan nago oraindik, uste hori ez dela zuzena I've written about it and I still believe that conviction is wrong; ni oraindik lehenean nago I still feel the same way as before ; gauden euskaldunak! let us stay Basque!

b. ( itxaron) to wait; \egon pixkat! wait a moment!

4. ( atxiki) [ -(r)i ]

a. to go with, correspond to; eltze estalki hau dagokio the lid goes with that pot; oinetako honi dagokion laguna the mate that goes with this shoe; erakunde horri dagokion dirulaguntza the aid {which corresponds || corresponding} to that organization

b. ( egokia izan) to befit, correspond to; Haren izen santuari dagokionez as befitting His holy name; auzi honi dagokionez, hau da nire iritzia as far as this matter {is concerned || goes}, this is my opinion; haur nintzenean, haurrari dagokionez hitz egiten nuen when I was a child I spoke as {that befitting a child || like a child}

c. ( aipatu) to refer to; horri nagokio that's what I'm referring to; Atxagak idatzi duen liburuari nagokiola, nik... in referring to the book written by Atxaga, I...

5. (+ -tzen) Lagunart. to be ; hori egiten zeudek they're doing that

6. (I)

a. ( uste ukan) to believe, be confident; (ba)nago irabaziko dutela I'm confident that they'll win | I believe that they'll win; banengoen, ba! I thought so!

b. ( nor bere buruari galdetu) to wonder; (ba)nago nola ez diren galtzen I wonder how they don't get lost

7. ( nor gabe, pertsonarik gabe)

a. ( informazio berria ematen denean) there + be; mahai gainean katu bat dago there is a cat on the table; mahai gainean katu batzuk daude there are cats on the table; mahai gainean katu bat zegoen there was a cat on the table ; mahai gainean katu bat egongo da \\ litzateke there will \\ would be a cat on the table; ez dago bananarik there aren't any bananas; jende asko zegoen bileran there were many people at the meeting

b. ( + -tze) badago hori egitea (G) that can be done; ez dago hori egiterik that can't be done; hara joaterik ez dago there's no going there | you can't go there

c. ez dago esan beharrik it goes without saying

8. ( joera ukan) to tend, incline; nora dago zure iritzia? how are you inclined about it? | what are your leanings? Oharra: egon duten esaerak aurkitzeko, bila itzazu izenaren, adjektiboaren eta abarren adieran, adib., pozik egon aurkitzeko, bila ezazu pozik adieran

io.

1. ( amari dagokion) maternal

2. ( amaladeko) maternal, on one's mother's side

iz.

1. part, behalf

2. ( aldea) side, aspect; Lurraren lau \eretzeetan in all four corners of the Earth

3. ( lekua) place, area, territory

4. Mil. position

5. ( dagokion) respect, regard; eta \eretze horri buruz and in that respect nahiko kezkatuta gabiltza, bereziki egungo egoeraren \eretzean especially regarding the current situation ; eta \eretze horri buruz and in that respect ; laster hedatu zen Europa orotan haren \eretzerako beldurra soon fear of him spread throughout Europe

6. ( konparazioa) comparison, contrast ; Rockefeller aberatsa da besteen \eretzeean baina baina ez Bruneiko sultanaren \eretzean Rockefeller is rich compared to others but not when compared to the Sultan of Brunei ; Zarautz Bilboren \eretzean txikia da Zarautz is small in comparison with Bilbao

7. ( aurrealde, aitzinalde) front part ; ene etxearen \eretzeean ba da haritz bat there is an oak tree in front of my house

iz.

1. ( neurtzeari d.)

a. measure; \neurrian ezarri to take measure of ; \neurriz eman to give full measure; orain hartu behar zenituzke haren luze-labarraren \neurri zehatzak you should now take the exact measurements of her height

b. lepoaren \neurri neck size; zer \neurritako soinekoa erabiltzen duzu? what size of dress do you wear?

c. \neurrira egindako galtzak trousers made to measure (GB) | custom-made pants (USA) ; zure nahiaren \neurrira in accordance with your wishes; oinetakoa, apur bat erabilitz gero oinaren \neurrira etortzen da once you wear footwear a bit you can break it in

2. ( unitatea) measure; milia bide-\neurria da a mile is a measure of distance; denbora-\neurri measure of time

3. ( handiera, kopurua neurtzeko)

a. measure; pintaren \neurri pint measure

b. (irud.) measure, yardstick; hitzaren aintzintasuna eta hedadura hartzen badugu \neurri if we use the antiquity and extension of a word as a yardstick

a. extent; \neurri batean completely; \neurri handi batean to a great extent; \neurri txikiagoan to a lesser extent; haien ezjakinaren \neurria oparoegia da the extent of their ignorance is too great; amerikar gehienak oso abertzaleak dira eta abertzaletasun hori, \neurri berean ez bada ere, nabaritzen zaie euskaldunei most Americans are very patriotic and that patriotism, though not to the same {extent || degree}, is readily apparent among Basques

b. ( heina) behar den \neurrian proportionately | proportionally; berorri dagokion \neurrian in the proportion commensurate with it; eginak egin, lanpostuak galtzen ari dira eta \neurria ez doa urritzen, hazten eta ugaritzen baizik in spite of everything that's been done, jobs are being lost and the rate is not decreasing but growing and increasing instead; egin daitekeen \neurrian insofar as it is possible; ahal daitekeen \neurrian lagundu behar ditugu we must help them insofar as we are able to

5. measure, step; \neurriak hartu to take {measures || steps}; behar diren \neurri guztiak hartu to take all necessary steps; auzi laburreko \neurriak summary measures

a. ( bertsoari d.) metre, measure; ber-tsoa \neurrian dago the verse is in metre

b. Mus. beat

c. ( dantzari d.) cadence

7. moderation, restraint; janean eta edanean \neurri ona du he is moderate in what he eats and drinks; ardoari \neurria hartu to drink wine {moderately || in moderation}; \neurri gabe edaten duena the one who overdrinks; \neurriz eman to give in moderation; \neurriz mintzatu to talk moderately

b. \neurri jakin batean up to a point | to a certain extent

8. ( muga) limit; Jainkoak gauza guztiei ipini die beren \neurria God sets limits to everything; \neurria igaro du that's carrying things too far; \neurririk gabe unbounded; \neurriz gora egin to overdo it | to go beyond the bounds du/ad. to measure

iz.

1. Mil. officer

2. ( funtzionaria) official

io.

1. ( legezko aginpidea gauzatezen duten erakundeetatik datorrena) official; agiri \ofiziala official document; Estatuaren aldizkari \ofiziala official government gazette

2. official, established; Euskal Herriko unibertsitate \ofiziala the official Basque University

3. ( dagokion erakundeak erabakirik, indarrean dagoena) official; hizkuntza \ofizialak the official languages