( zikoitza)

adb.

1. ( alderantziz) on the contrary; Gerra Hotza amaitu denetik, bakerik izan al dugu? — inola ere ez; \aitzitik, badirudi inoiz baino gerra gehiago dugula since the Cold War ended, have we had any peace? — absolutely not; on the contrary, we' ve never seemed to have so many wars; ez zela espero zuen bezain ederra, baina \aitzitik nekez ikus daitekeela itsusiagorik it wasn' t as beautiful as he hoped, quite the contrary, as it is hard to imagine anything that could be uglier

2. ( ordea, berriz) zaharra zikoitza da; gaztea, \aitzitik, hondatzaile hutsa the old man is stingy while the young man is spendthrift

[from elt- + -gorfrom *(h)eld(u) (mature) + gor (gor is perhaps from go-gor "hard", lit. "hard to mature)] iz.

1. dry soil

2. ( lur zokorra) clod

3. ( lastoa) straw io.

1. ( idorra)

a. ( alea) unripened, raw

b. ( lurra) arid, dry

2. ( argala, e.a.) wizened, skinny

3. ( zikoitza) mean, stingy; zein \elkor bihurtu dizun urreak bihotza! how mean gold has turned your heart!

4. ( isila) reserved, quiet, tacit

iz.

1. ( hil) October Oharra: ikus adibideak urtarril sarreran ; \urri bigarren i. (B) Zah. October ii. (G) Zah. ( udazkena) autumn; \urri {leheneko || lehenengo} Zah. September; eguzkia eta euria, \urri eguraldi sunny weather and a rainy time, such is the month of October's clime

b. (NG: Basaburu) (NB-Zaraitzu) September; \urriko eguna, argiko eguna, seietan argia, seietan iluna September days are days that are bright, at six it's shining, at six it's night

2. poverty, wretchedness, indigence, misery; bere \urrian eta murrian having few or no means; \urri bizi abject poverty

a. bump, lump

b. ( konkorra) hump io.

a. ( oro.) scarce, little, scant; euskara berez aberats eta berbatsua da, baina euskaldun askoren edo gehienen buruan \urria da Basque itself is rich and expressive but many or most Basques' minds are deficient or lacking; larregia eta \urriegia, guztia da kaltegarri (atsot.) he that forsakes measure, measure forsakes him (atsot.) | too much of ought is good for nought (atsot.) ; ganadu atze-\urria cattle with scrawny hindquarters; \urria esan eta \urria izan he says nothing because he's got nothing to say; euri \urria scant rain; fede \urri little faith

b. ( mugatua) limited

c. ( baliabidea) slender, scarce, scanty

d. ( uzta) sparse, thin

e. ( dirua) scarce, tight

f. ( denbora, asti, beta) very little

g. ( hornidura, hornikizuna) low

h. ( entzulegoa) small, sparse

i. ( ordaina) poor, meagre (GB), meager (USA)

j. ( landaretza) scanty, scant, very little

k. ( lana) scarce

l. ( gogoa) little, scant; gogo \urri, aldatzen erraz little interest and easily changed

m. ( urtea) lean; urte \urria izango duzu you'll have a lean year

2. ( mantsoa, patxadatsua) slow, lethargic; \urri daramatza urrtasak baina badoa beti he takes slow, deliberate steps but he keeps going

3. ( zikoitza, zekena)

a. miserly, stingy, mean; zu eskas eta \urria ez zara, eta ondo eskatzen zaizun guztia ematen duzu you aren't mean and stingy and you give all which is politely asked of you

b. Jainkoarekin hain \urri dabilenak, zer itxaron dezake? what can he, who is so sparing of God, expect?

4. ( mahaia, lekua) spartan, austere

5. ( mina) dull adb.

1. sparingly; \urri erein, \urri sortu (atsot.) sow thin and mow thin (atsot.) \urri jan to eat sparingly | to eat little

2. lana \urri doa work is scraping along

io.

1. ( gaitza, ez erraza) hard, difficult; \zaila da hori egitea it's hard to do that; \zaila egin zaizu euskara ikastea? was it hard for you to learn Basque?; gero eta \zailagoa da Smith eta gainerakoek ezer ez zekitela sinestea it's getting harder and harder to believe that Smith and the rest knew nothing

2. ( nekez gertatzekoa) unlikely, improbable, remote; \zaila da hori gertatzea that's unlikely to happen

3. ( gogorra)

a. ( oro.) tough, hardy, rugged, strong; langile \zailak dira they're hardy workers

b. ( borondatea) tough, tenacious, staunch

c. ( osasun aldetik) resilient, hardy

d. ( oihala) tough, durable, rugged

4. ( zikoitza) stingy, niggardly, tight, parsimonious

5. ( malgua) nimble, lithe, flexible

iz.

a. ( zutoina) post

b. Nekaz. stake, prop

c. (irud.) mainstay; industria gure herriko ekonomiaren \zurkaitza da industry is the mainstay of our country's economy

2. ( izua) terror, dread io.

1. ( zikoitza) stingy, tight, mean, cheap Lagunart.

2. ( lotsatia) shy, timid

3. ( aberea) untamable

4. ( argala) lean, slim