( elipsian)

iz. Naut. skiff, small boat; mea \alatan igo zuten, ibaian gora, Ere—oraino they ferried the ore in a skiff upriver to Ere—o

1. ( alatzea) forage; \alan ari dira they' re {feeding || grazing}; \ala ederra egin dute zaldiek the horsed had a good forage; behiak \alara eraman zituen he took the cows to {forage || graze}

2. (B) ( min bortitza, oinazea) pang, pain, ache; sabeleko \ala belly ache; \alaz beterik utzi zuten he was writhing in pain

interj.

1. ( harridura, desira, arnegua, adierazteko) \ala ni! well I' ll be!; \ala Jainkoa! By Jove! (GB) | By George! (GB) | By Golly! (USA) | Holy Moses! (USA) ; Egun on denoi! — Bai eta zeuri ere, \ala Jainkoa! Good Morning to all of you — A Good Morning to you too, by George!; \ala deabrua! what the deuce!; \ala fedea! good heavens (GB) ; by Golly! (USA) ; ez zekiat, \ala fede zertaz mintzo haizen I don' t know what in heaven' s name you' re talking about

2. \ala madarikatuak jaio ginen egunak! such were the confounded days when we were born!; gure jaun beste guztien buruzagi lehena; \ala miragarri baita lurrean zure izena! our lord is supreme leader of all the rest for such is the admiration for your name in the land

3. Amazonas ibaia, \ala ibai luzea! the Amazon river, what a long river!

junt.

a. or; zein ardo, beltza \ala gorria? which wine, the red or the ros—? ; zein txori da hobea jateko, airean dagoena ala eskuan daukazuna? which bird is better to eat, the one in the air or the one that you' ve got in your hand?

b. ( zehargalderetan) or; ez dakit bi \ala hiru izan ziren I don' t know if there were two or three of them; bihar \ala etzi joango diren jakin nahi genuke we' d like to know whether they' ll go tomorrow or the day after tomorrow

c. ( hautakizunak izanik) or; galdetu zioten ea zer nahi zuen nahiago: \ala munduko ondasun guztiak \ala maitasuna they asked him what he would prefer: either all the wealth in the world or love

d. ( elipsian) lo zaude \ala? asleep are you?

2. ( nahiz... nahiz, zein... zein, dela... dela) \ala... \ala whether... or; \ala hemengoak \ala hangoak, guztiak berdintsuak dira {be they from here or there || whether they' re from here or there}, they' re about all the same; \ala nagoen lo, \ala itzarrik whether I' m asleep or awake; \ala dezazuen jan, \ala edan dezazuen, edo beste zernahi egin dezazuen, oro Jainkoaren aintzari dagokiola egin ezazue whether you eat, whether you drink or whatever you do, do it for the glory of God

iz.

a. no ; \eza harria eta orma baino gogorragoa iza n liteke a no can be harder than the hardest rock ; lehenbiziko \ezean with her first refusal ; hari ere ematen diozu \eza you've also said no to him | you've also refused him

b. (irud.) ; \ez zera! indeed not!; gaur ez dira etorriko — \ez zera! they're not coming today — what do you mean they're not!; ez dugu sekula horrelakorik egin — \ez zera! we've never done any such thing — like hell you haven't!; \ezaren ondo-ondokoa da it's next to nothing; besterik \ezean for want of something else; \ezetik baira bizi izan to live from hand to mouth ; \ezetik baira egon i. ( nekez bizi izan) to be living from hand to mouth ii. ( diruez ez) to be flat broke; \ezetatik \ezetara under no circumstance

a. no; dirurik \ez no money

b. ( falta, gabezia) lack, want beldurrik \eza the lack of fear ; damu dut nire hitz bete \eza I regret my inability to keep my word ; bere haurrik \ezak tristetzen zuen her {barrenness || not having children} saddened her ; gazte horrek ez dakit zer den \eza that young man doesn't know what going without is; gerra-garaian \eza zer den ikasi zuten during the war they learnt what going without was all about

3. ( ukapena) denial adb.

1. ( erantzunez) no; hau al da? — \ez is this it? — no

2. ( + iz.) not; txerrikia jango genuke baina katukia \ez we would eat pork but not cat meat; ezer ere \ez nothing at all

3. ( aditzekin)

a. ( ingelesari dagokio-nez, aditz laguntzaile, moduzko aditz eta infinitoboekin) not; ez naiz Superman I am not Superman ez al naiz Superman? am I not Superman? | aren't I Superman?; ez nuke hori egingo I {would not || wouldn't} do that ; \ez dezaket hori egin I {cannot || can't} do that ez dut hori egingo I {will not || won't} do that ez duzu hori egin behar you {must not || mustn't} do that agian \ez dira etorriko they may not come ; ez dugu hori egin we haven't done that \ez gara hara joan we haven't gone there; hori egitera ez da ausartzen he dares not do that; \ez onartzea iraingarria izango litzateke not to accept would be insulting

b. ( aditz arruntekin) do not, don't; does not, doesn't ( orainaldia, 3. p. s.) | did not, didn't ( lehenaldia) ; \ez dut erretzen I don't smoke; Kroftek \ez du erretzen Kroft doesn't smoke; \ez nuen erre I didn't smoke

c. ( elipsian) gameluzopa jango nuke baina zuk \ez I would eat camel soup but you wouldn't ; gu etorriko gara baina haiek \ez we will come but they won't ni etorri nintzen baina Kristensen jauna \ez I came but Mr. Kristensen didn't; nik kafea edaten dut baina nire emazteak \ez I drink coffee but my wife doesn't

a. \ez eta bai ari dira they're arguing about it; \ez bat eta \ez bi suddenly; \ez bat eta \ez bi agertu ziren they suddenly popped up; \ez hil bai hil dago he's on his death bed | he's about to die

b. egingo \ez egingo dago he's on the verge of doing it junt.

1. ez... ez neither... nor; \ez dira aktore onak \ez Miguel Bos— \ez Ronald Reagan neither Miguel Bos— nor Ronald Reagan are good actors; \ez ur \ez ardo neither water nor wine ; \ez non \ez han without further ado; \ez bat \ez bestea neither

2. ( ezik) except, except for, save for; guztiak, Txirri eta Mirri \ez, goibel daude all, except for Txirri and Mirri, are sad

3. \ez eta neither; ez dugu hori egiten, \ez eta haiek ere we don't do that {nor do they || and neither do they}; Afera ez zen indarkeria gehiegi erabiltzea izan, \ez eta sexu gehiegi ere. Horretarik ere izan zen, auskarki izan ere it wasn't a question of using too much violence or too much sex either. There was some of that too, even to a daring extent

zenb.

1. ( zenbatu ezinezko izenekin) little; ur \gutxi little water; gazta \gutxi gelditzen da there's little cheese left

2. ( zenbatzeko moduko izenekin) few; liburu \gutxi few books; mongoliar \gutxi few Mongolians; egun \gutxi barru in a few days

3. ( elipsian) few; \gutxik ezagutzen dute few know him

4. ( ordua adierazteko) to, till; hirurak laurden \gutxi a quarter to three

5. (esa.) \gutxi bat a bit; \gutxiz gehiena nearly all; eta \gutxi balitz, berandu etorri zen {and to make matters worse || and to top it off}, he came late; \gutxi gora-behera more or less adb. little; orain \gutxi egiten du now he does little; \gutxi gora behera more or less; orain dela \gutxi a little ago | a short time ago

zenb.

1. ( zenbatu ezinezko izenekin) less; ur \gutxiago less water; gazta gutxi, gazta \gutxiago little cheese, less cheese; hori baino \gutxiago less than that; askoz \gutxiago much less

2. ( zenbatzeko moduko izenekin) fewer; liburu \gutxiago {dituzte || dute} they have fewer books; mongoliar \gutxiago fewer Mongolians; 100 baino \gutxiago gelditzen dira fewer than a hundred remain

3. ( elipsian) fewer; are \gutxiagok ezagutzen dute even fewer know him

4. ( adb. gisan) less; orain \gutxiago idazten du now she writes less

5. ( erkatuz gero) less, inferior; jende hori ez da gu baino \gutxiago those people are no less than us | those people are not inferior to us

zenb. [ + 3 ]

1. ( zenbatu ezinezko izenekin) so much; \hainbat ur so much water

2. ( zenbatzeko moduko izenekin)

a. so many; \hainbat tokitan legoke it could be in so many places; \hainbat liburu so many books; \hainbat mongoliar so many Mongolians

b. ( asko) many

3. ( elipsian) few; \hainbatek hala uste dute so many think like that

4. (esa.) beste \hainbat another so many; \hainbat lehen as soon as possible; \hainbat gaizto(ago) so much the worse; \hainbat gaizto guretzat lortzen ez badugu so much the worse for us if we don't get it; \hainbat hobeto so much the better; \hainbatenarekin thus; \hainbatetik \hainbatean with all things being equal

5. ( adb. gisan) so much; ez nuen \hainbat merezi I didn't deserve so much

zenb. [+2]

1. ( zenbatu ezinezko izenekin) so much; \horrenbeste ur so much water; \horrenbeste gorroto dio etsaiari he has such hatred for the enemy; \horrenbeste aldiz so many times

2. ( zenbatzeko moduko izenekin) so many...s; \horrenbeste tokitan egon liteke it could be in so many places; \horrenbeste liburu so many books

3. ( elipsian) few; \horrenbestek uste dute hori so many think that

4. ( adb. gisan)

a. so much; ez nuen uste \horrenbeste balio zuenik I didn't thing it was worth so much; Kant-ek \horrenbeste bazekien Kant knew as much

b. \horrenbeste kostako da it will cost so much

5. (esa.) beste \horrenbeste another so many; gerokoek ez dute beste \horrenbeste egin the following generations haven't done so much