( oraintxe bertan)

[from *e-ra-oa-n (causative of i-oa-n, "go")] iz. patience, forebearance; \eraman {oneko || handiko} patient, long-suffering; \eraman onez patiently ; \eraman {txarreko || gutxiko || urriko} impatient, restless du/ad.

a. ( oro.) to carry; mutikoa besoetan neraman I was carrying the boy in my arms ; pianoa handiegia da guk biok eramateko the piano is too big for both of us to carry

b. ( norabait) to take, take away ; fardel hau \eramango al duzu niretzat? will you take this package for me? ; eramateko janari take-away food ; bi donut — orain jateko ala eramateko? two doughnuts — to eat here or take away? ; preso \eraman dute they've taken him prisoner

c. ( inork inor, i-r kotxean, e.a.) to take; aireportura \eramango zaitut I'll {take || drive} you to the airport ; nora naramazue? where are you taking me?

d. ( garraio) to transport, carry, convey

e. ( bide batek) to take, lead ; bide horrek Elizondora \eramango gaitu that road will lead us to Elizondo

f. ( aurreraka) to take ; ba darama bere zoramendua azken hariraino he's taking his madness to the extreme; abiada ederra darama it's rolling along at great speed; balak daraman indar handia the great force with which the bullet is travelling

2. ( gidatu) to lead, take; zaldia errekaraino \eraman zuen he led the horse up to the stream; i-r eskutik \eraman to lead sb by the hand; nora garamatza bide honek? where is this road leading us to?

a. ( arropa) to wear; zer daramazu? what are you wearing; normalean zer eramaten duzu? normally, what do you wear?

b. ( gauza txikiak, e.a.) to wear, have on ; betaurrekoak \\ belarrietakoak \eraman to wear glasses \\ earrings ; ez daramat dirurik I don't have any money on me

c. ( izen, deitura, izenburu, titulu) to bear, have

a. ( aldendu) to take away, carry off; Zegaman, egunez ikusi, gauez \eraman (atsot.) in Zegama, what they see in the day time, is gone in the night time; lapurrak etxean sartu eta zegoen guztia \eraman zuten thieves broke into the house and stripped it bare; etxeko gauza guztiak \eraman zituzten they took away everything in the house

b. ( haizeak e.r) to blow away, carry off; "haizeak \eramandakoa" "gone with the wind" ; haizeak adar bat \eraman zuen the wind carried off a branch

c. ( bala batek, e.a.) to take off, blow off, blow away ; balak bi hatz \eraman zituen the bullet {took || blew} off two fingers | the bullet blew away two fingers

d. ( kendu) to take ; bizia \eraman zioten they took his life

a. Nekaz. to bear, produce

b. Fin. to bear

a. ( bizimodua) to lead; alferkerian darama bere bizitza he's leading an idle life; bide txarra \eraman zuen he led a bad life

b. ( denda, enpresa, e.a.) to run

c. ( atsekabea, sorpresa, e.a.) ez du poz makala \eraman\\\eraman! (s)he must have been delighted!

7. ( jasan) to bear, stand, suffer, put up with; oinazeak \eraman to bear suffering; pazientizaz \eraman beharreko kontuak issues which have to be borne patiently; dena isilean darama (s)he suffers it all in silence

a. ( denbora) to spend, have been; hemen bost hilabete daramatzat I've been here for five months; zenbat denbora daramazu hemen? how long have you been here?; eguzkitan daramat arratsalde osoa I'm spending the whole afternoon out in the sun; Lisboan \eraman nituen egunak the days I spent in Lisbon

b. (+ -tzen) 14 urte daramatza hori ikertzen he's been researching that for fourteen years

9. ( merezi ukan) to deserve; ez da deusik izan hau heriotzerat deramakenik it wasn't anything that ought to have led to his death

10. ( i-k e-er baino gehiago) to beat; lasterka mendian gora ez dio inork \eramango nobody can {beat || match} him running uphill; txikiak handiari eramaten dio the small one has an advantage over the big one

11. ( behartu) to lead, make; saltzera darama bere etxera it's making him sell his house

12. ( eroan, ohi egin) mundu gaizto honek anitz jende tronpatu darama this evil world usually fools a lot of people

13. Mat. to carry

14. Kir. to return ; aurrelariak atzera, baina atzelariak \eraman du the forward player hit it towards the back but the back player returned it Oharra: eraman duten esaerak aurkitzeko, bila itzazu izenaren, adjektiboaren eta abarren adieran, adib., bizitza eraman aurkitzeko, bila ezazu bizitza adieran

[from Rom. "m'ami"] iz.

a. ( fruituari d.) pulp; e-i \mamia atera to pulp sth

b. ( ogiari d.) middle part, heart; ogi-\mami puska bat a piece of bread from the middle

c. ( haragia) \mami gutxikoa da he doesn't have much meat on him; zuretzat \mami gozoa eta hezurrak pobreentzat the fat juicy part for you and bones for the poor; hezur eta \mami jango nau he'll eat me bones and all; hezur handiak zituen \mami gutxirekin he had big bones and little flesh

d. ( erhi, behatz, hatzari d.) tip; hatz\mami fingertip

2. substance; zure asmo hori oraintxe bertan \mami bihurtuko da now you're going to pull off that plan of yours

3. (irud.)

a. essence, pith, core, substance; legearen \mamia the spirit of the law; hitz honen \mamia the essential meaning of this word;

b. euskal \mami the essence of Basque-ness; eta \mamia euskal \mami garbi ez bada ere, euskal azal ederrez agertzen zaigu and even if its essence is not pure Basque, it is delightfully Basque on the surface

b. ( mami hutsa, mami garbia) embodiment, quintessence, essence; hortxe datza buddhismoaren \mamia therein lies the essence of Buddhism

c. (esa.) ; goazen \mamira! let's get to the heart of the matter!; \mami-\mamira joz gero, aldatzen da once we get to the very heart of the matter, it's different

4. Sukal. curds io.

1. ( adiskidea, e.a.) close, intimate, trusted; Txomin adiskide \mamia egin zitzaidan Txomin became my close friend; Erregeren ahokulari \mamia the King's trusted adviser

2. ( lurra) deep; lur azalak eta \mamiak shallow and deep soils

[from *ora + ain from *ora + -aen from Lat. "hora" + -aren] iz. \orain berean i. immediately, straight away, right away ii. ( oraintxe bertan) right away; \orain hurrena lately | recently adb.

a. now, at present, presently

b. \orain (dela) bi urte two years ago

2. (esa.) \orain lehen askotan often; \orain berriki recently; \orain eta beti forever and forever | for time and eternity

[from Rom. "pensare"] du/ad.

1. ( oro.) to think; ez dakigu zer \pentsatu we don't know what to think; utzi pentsatzen! let me think!

2. ( aintzakotzat hartu, hausnartu)

a. to think, ponder, reflect, meditate; oraindik ez dakit baina \pentsatuko dut I don't know yet but I'll think about it; ongi \pentsatuta, ez dut uste hori egingo dutenik on second thought, I don't think they'll do it; asko \pentsatu eta gero, joatea erabaki zuen after much thought, he decided to go; zer \pentsatu handia eman to give (sb) a lot to think about | to give (sb) food for thought ; zer, ongi \pentsatu al duzu? well, have you thought {it through || about it carefully}? | well, have you given it careful thought?

b. bada zertan pentsa there's something to think about; heriotzan behar dugu \pentsatu eta hartara prestatu we should think about death and prepare ourselves for it

c. ( -z) zertaz pentsatzen duzu? i. ( normalean) what do you think about? ii. ( oraintxe bertan) what are you thinking about?

3. ( halako iritzia duena) to think, hold an opinion; bada, bai, bestela pentsatzen duenik there are indeed those who think differently