haurra xutik abiatzekoa zen

du/ad. (I) ( sorrarazi) to launch; egunkari hori 1990ean \abiatu zuten they launched that newspaper in 1990 da/ad.

a. ( bidea hartu, abian jarri) to set off, take off, head ( -ra: for) ; abiatzen bazarete hemendik Amsterdamera, pasa beharko duzu Bordele, Paris, eta Brusela if you're setting off for Amsterdam, you'll have to go through Bordeaux, Paris, and Brussels; noiz \abiatu behar dugu? when are we going to start?; ontzi hura gerlara abiatzekoa zen that ship was to set off for war; zurubian gora \abiatu zen he started going up the ladder

b. ( irten) to leave

c. ( prestatu) to get ready

d. ( abiaburua adierazi) to start; ihesi \abiatu ziren they started to run away; eta Jesusek, handik \abiaturik, gizon bat ikusi zuen and as Jesus started in that direction, he saw a man; baldintza horietatik \abiatuz gero having started with those conditions; katua aguaren atzetik \abiatu zen the cat tore after the mouse; gaurko egoeratik \abiatuz starting with the current situation

a. ( hasi) to begin, start; gaizki \abiatu dira gauzak things have started out wrong ; ontsa \abiatu den lana, erdi akabaturik (atsot.) a good beginning is half the work (atsot.) ; orduantxe \abiatu ziren serbiar eta musulmanen arteko haserreak that's when the animosity between the Serbs and Moslems began

b. ( -(e)an hasi) to begin, start; lanean \abiatu to start work; oihuz \abiatu ziren they started shouting ; dagoeneko \abiatu gaizki esaka they've already begun to talk ill of him; haurra xutik abiatzekoa zen the child still hadn't learnt to walk yet; haur txiki bat utzu zuen, doi-doia xutik \abiatua he left behind a little child who had barely started to walk; eltze puska batekin kendu zituen zauri hartako zornea eta sortzen \abiatuak ziren harrak he cleaned out the pus from the wound and the worms that had begun to set in with a piece of pottery