(elipsia)

zenb.

1. ( zenbatu ezinezko izenekin) a lot (of); esne(rik) \asko a lot of milk; \askorik much; ez dute ardo \askorik edaten they don' t drink much wine; denbora \askoan etorri gabe without coming for a long time

2. ( zenbatzeko moduko izenekin, pluralean direnak)

a. many -s; gizon \asko (H), \asko gizon (L) (NG) many men; gizon \asko etorri {da || dira} many men have come; gizon \asko ikusi {dut || ditut} I have seen many men; toki \askotan gertatzen diren gauzak things that happen in many places; toki \askotako berri daki he knows about a lot of places; amerikar \askoren bihotzean dago he' s in the heart of many Americans ; hori gertatu zaio jende \askori that has happened to a lot of people;

b. (B) any other; \asko gizonek holakorik esango balit, saplasteko bat emango nioke if any other man said such a thing to me, I' d punch him one

3. ( elipsia, izena ezabaturik) many; \askok dakite hori many know that; zuetariko \askok egiten dute gauza berbera many of you do the very same thing adb.

a. a lot; \asko dakite they know a lot; \asko irakurtzen zuen she read a lot

b. ( diruari d.) \asko balio du it' s worth a lot

2. strange, odd, funny; \asko da hori gertatzea it is funny that should happen

3. Zah. ( aski) quite, exceedingly ; \asko goiz heldu ziren they arrived quite early ; ez dakit hori \asko den ala ez I don' t know whether that is enough or not; \asko eder da | eder \askoa da she is quite beautiful

adb.

1. (hitz batez erantzuteko) yes, yeah Lagunart., yep Argot., yup Argot., aye (Eskozia) Arkaismoa. ; etorriko al haiz? \emdash \bai will you come? \emdash yes; \bai horixe! of course! | you bet!

2. (ingelesezko galdera motzetan) etorriko al zara? \emdash \bai will you come? \emdash Yes, I will; etorriko al zinateke \emdash \bai would you come? \emdash yes, I would; etorri beharrik al duzu? \emdash \bai must you come? \emdash yes, I must; ikusiten al duzu hori? do you see that? \emdash yes, I do; hori ikusi al zenuen? \emdash \bai did you see that? \emdash yes, I did; hori ikusi al duzu? \emdash \bai have you seen that? \emdash yes, I have

3. (elipsia) ez dakite hori baina zuk \bai they don't know that but you do; ez zekiten hori baina zuk \bai they didn't know that but you did; ez dira hemengoa baina zu \bai they're not from here but you are; ezin jaso dezaket baina Perurenak \bai I can't lift it but Perurena can junt. \bai...\bai both... and; \bai Mikel \bai Maite hemengoak dira both Mikel and Maite are from here; \bai bata \bai bestea onak dira one or the other is good; \baita Amaia ere as well as Amaia; \baita atzo etorri zirenak ere as well as the ones who came yesterday

[from *e-gi-n] iz.

1. act; Apostoluen E\eginak Acts of the Apostles

2. ( ondorioa) effect, consequence; \eginak eragilea du lehen there is no effect without cause | things don't happen by themselves

3. fact; \egina dela {eta || bide} by that very fact | ipso facto du/ad.

1. ( jardun)

a. ( oro.) to do ; \egin ezazu nahi duzuna do as you please; ez dakit zer egin I don't know what to do; zer egiten duzu hor? what are you doing there? ; ez dakit zer \egin I don't know what to do; ikasleek ariketa \egin zuten the students did the exercise

b. ( burutu) to do, execute, carry out; \egin dugu gure eginkizuna we've done what we set out to do

c. (+ -(r)ekin) to do; esango al diguk, babo horrek, zer egin behar dugun hirekin? will you tell us, you fool, what we're going to do with you?

2. ( sorrarazi)

a. ( oro.) to make, create; irakasleak ariketak egin zituen the teacher made (up) the exercises Oharra: ikus adibideak make sarreran

b. Tek. to make, manufacture

c. ( etxea) to build, construct, make

d. (l an, irudi) to make, fashion; mahai bat \egin zuen he made a table

e. ( bihurtu) to make; alkate \egin dute they've made him mayor

3. ( prestatu, gertu, gauzatu)

a. to make, prepare; bidea \egin to make way

b. ( ohea) to make

c. ( galdera) to ask; "maiz egiten diren galderak" Inform. "frequently asked questions"

c. ( afari, bazkari) to make, put (GB), pose

d. ( maleta, balisa) to pack

e. ( apustu, dema) to lay, make

f. ( gorbata) to tie

g. ( tratu) to make

4. ( beste aditzak ordezkatzeko) to do; esan zidaten hori prestatzeko eta \egin nuen they told me to prepare it and I did; garbitu al zara? Bai, ni egin naiz, zoaz zu ere egitera! have you washed yourself? I have so you go and do so too!

5. ( itxura egin) inorena \egin to act like; inozoarena egin to act like a fool | to act the fool; gaiztoarena \egin to act the {villain || bad guy (USA) Lagunart. } | to play the part of the villain; gaztearena egiten duten zaharrak old people who act like young people; Garikoitzek, Charlotenak egiten dituenean, barrez lehertzekoa izaten da when Garikoitz imitates Charlie Chaplin he is absolutely hilarious

6. Met. to be; euria egiten duenean when it rains; hotza egiten du hemen it's cold here

7. ( aditz elkartuak egiteko, normalean ez da itzultzen)

a. ( + iz.) barre \egin to laugh; hitz \egin to speak; lan \egin to work; lo \egin to sleep ; zin \egin to swear

b. (+ adb.) atzera \egin to go back, get back; aurrera \egin to go ahead, make headway

c. ( kontu egin) to suppose; \egin dezagun (kontu) gizon errugabe bat hil dutela... let's suppose that they've killed an innocent man...

8. ( elipsia)

a. ( apustu egin) to bet; mila euro \egingo nuke baietz I'd bet a thousand euros it is ; ezetz egiten diat I bet it isn't; burua \egin nuke ez direla garaiz helduko I'd bet my life they won't arrive on time

b. ( hitz egin) to speak; ongi egiten dute euskaraz they speak Basque well

c. ( erabaki egin) to decide; \egin dute bihar bilduko direla they have decided to meet tomorrow; \egin dute elkarri idatzeko they have agreed to write each other

d. ( kotizatu) to perform; zer \egin\\\egin dolarrak? what did the dollar do?

e. ( joko egin) to play; musean \egin play mus; \egingo al dugu kartetan? shall we play cards?

f. ( bide egin) i. ( jo) to head for; ezkerrera \egin zuen he veered to the left ii. ( igaroz) zelai eta mendiak \egin zituen atzerritik bere etxera he went across meadows and mountains abroad to get to his house

9. ( bukatu) nireak \egin du I've had it | my number's up Lagunart. ; hireak \egin dik you've had it!

10. (G) ( erein) to sow

11. ( uste izan) to think, believe; neska laguna zela \egin nuen I took her for your girlfriend | I thought she was your girlfriend

12. ( begiratu) to look out; leiho horrek plazara egiten du that window looks out on the square da/ad.

1. to become; apaiza \egin zen he became a priest

2. ( iruditu) [ zaio ] to seem, look; zaila egiten zait hori sinestea it's hard for me to believe that

3. ( ohitu) to get used (- ra: to) ; azkenean lanera \egin zen finally he got used to the job

4. ( kokatu) to be located, be; non egiten da herri hori? where is that town located? Oharra: egin duten esaerak aurkitzeko, bila itzazu izenaren, adjektiboaren eta abarren adieran, adib., hitz egin aurkitzeko, bila ezazu hitz adieran

ad/lag.

1. (B) ( + -ke) hori egin da(g)iket I can do that; eroan e(g)izu! take it away!

2. ( galdegaia adierazteko)

a. ( du/ad.) to do; beste guztiak itsutu \egin al ditu? has it blinded all the rest?

b. ( da/ad.) zer esan du?— joan \egingo direla esan du what did he say? — he said they would go

io. excess; ardoa \gehiegian ez da ona wine in excess is too much; jakinmin \gehiegia being overcurious zenb.

1. ( zenbatu ezinezko izenekin) too much; ur \gehiegi too much water

2. ( zenbatzeko moduko izenekin) too many; arazo \gehiegi too many problems; leku \gehiegitan in too many places

3. ( elipsia) too many; \gehiegik uste du hori egia dela too many believe that is true

4. ( adb. gisan) too much; \gehiegi daki he knows too much

[from *zeen from zeren] erak. which; \zein liburu nahi duzu? which book do you want? izo.

a. which one; semeetatik \zein egin duzu ondoko? which one of your sons have you made the heir?; \zein nahi duzu? which one do you want?

b. ( bat baino gehiago delarik) \zein dira? which ones are they?

2. (G) ( nor) who; \zein da? who is it? junt.

1. ( harridura adierazteko)

a. how; \zein ederto zoazen! how nice you're coming along!

b. ( elipsia) how; \zein ederra! how great!

c. ikusirik \zein gauza guti edireiten den euskara izkiriaturik seeing how little is found written in Basque

2. ( gisa banatzaile)

a. as well as; emakumeak \zein gizonak, umeak \zein helduak women as well as men, children as well as adults; irabazi \zein galdu to win as well as lose

b. \zein... \zein either... or; \zein batera \zein bestera one way or the other

a. ( bakoitza) each ; \zeinak bere motaren arabera each according to its own kind ; \zein ere den gauzagatik for whatever thing it might be ; \zeinek bere itxura, herrik bere aztura (atsot.) so many countries, so many customs; \zein bere bidetik joan da, hartu zuten \zeinek bere bidea each went his own way

b. \zein baino \zein...-ago as... as the other; euskaldunak \zein baino \zein burugogorragoak ziren one Basque was as hardheaded as the other ; Coca-Cola eta Pepsi jo eta ke ari dira \zeinek baino \zeinek gehiago Coca-Cola and Pepsi are {actively || busily} trying to outdo each other; \zeinek baino \zeinek gaiztakeria gehiago eginez each one outdoing the other in committing outrages; han ari dira \zeinek hobeki eta elkarri bekaiztu gabe there each one works as well as the next without anyone feeling jealous; holakoak ziren, \zein baino \zein lasaiago eta lotsagalduago that's how they were, one as permissive and brazen as the other

4. ( bezain) as... as; hain ona da eztia osagarritzat \zein janaritzat honey is as good as an ingredient as a food; zelatan dagoenak, bere gaizkia, hain sarri entzun dezake \zein ongia an eavesdropper can hear evil as often as he can good

5. Lit. who, whom; Piarres, \zeina duela hogei urte herri honetako auzapeza baitzen, Parisera joanen da bihar Piarres, who was the mayor of this town twenty years ago, will go to Paris tomorrow; Piarres ikusi dut, \zeinek ez baitit hitzik erran I saw Piarres who didn't utter a word to me; gizon horrek, \zeinek zerbitzu handi bat egin baitit, nire eskerrak merezi ditu that man, who did me a great service, deserves my gratitude; arbola, \zeinen itzalean jarri bainaiz, haritz zahar bat da the tree, under whose shade I have sat down in, is an old oak; etxea, \zeinetan bizi bainaiz, zaharra da the house in which I live is old; bi zakur \zeinetarik bat gaiztoa baitzen two dogs of which one is mean; zer da adiskide bat, \zeinetarik ez baitugu fidantzarik? what is a friend in whom we have no trust?; emakume hori, \zeinetaz mintzo bainaiz, amaren adiskidea da that woman about whom I am talking is my mother's friend formala. | the woman I am talking about is my mother's friend; gizon hori, \zeini diru asko utzi baitiozu, ez da bat ere fidatzekoa that man to whom you lent money is not trustworthy