itsaso

Basque

Alternative forms
  • itsas (combining form)
  • itzaso, itxaso (dialectal, diminutive)
  • ichasso, itsasso (obsolete)

Etymology

First attested in 1545 as ichasso, from Proto-Basque *itsaso.

Pronunciation
 
  • IPA(key): (most dialects) /it͡s̺as̺o/ [i.t͡s̺a.s̺o]
  • IPA(key): (Biscayan) /it͡s̻as̺o/ [i.t͡s̻a.s̺o]

  • Rhymes: -as̺o
  • Hyphenation: i‧tsa‧so
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Noun

itsaso inan

  1. sea
    • 1545, Bernard Etxepare, Linguae Vasconum Primitiae [First fruits of the language of the Basques]‎, Eusklatzaindia, published 1995, →ISBN, page 54:
      passageIchaſſoac ez yraungui erachequi dadina
      Itxasoak ez iraungi eratxeki dadina
      The sea could not put out [any fire] it started

Declension
Declension of itsaso (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive itsaso itsasoa itsasoak
ergative itsasok itsasoak itsasoek
dative itsasori itsasoari itsasoei
genitive itsasoren itsasoaren itsasoen
comitative itsasorekin itsasoarekin itsasoekin
causative itsasorengatik itsasoarengatik itsasoengatik
benefactive itsasorentzat itsasoarentzat itsasoentzat
instrumental itsasoz itsasoaz itsasoez
inessive itsasotan itsasoan itsasoetan
locative itsasotako itsasoko itsasoetako
allative itsasotara itsasora itsasoetara
terminative itsasotaraino itsasoraino itsasoetaraino
directive itsasotarantz itsasorantz itsasoetarantz
destinative itsasotarako itsasorako itsasoetarako
ablative itsasotatik itsasotik itsasoetatik
partitive itsasorik — —
prolative itsasotzat — —

Derived terms
  • itsas aingira (“European conger”)
  • itsas armada (“navy”)
  • itsas arrain
  • itsas arrano (“white-tailed eagle”)
  • itsas arrantza
  • itsas azal (“sea surface”)
  • itsas barakuilu (“sea snail”)
  • itsas barraskilo (“sea snail”)
  • itsas barru (“open sea”)
  • itsas belar (“seagrass”)
  • itsas dortoka (“sea turtle”)
  • itsas erdi (“open sea”)
  • itsas gain (“sea surface”)
  • itsas gaztaina (“horse chestnut”)
  • itsas gaztainondo (“horse chestnut tree”)
  • itsas handi (“open sea”)
  • itsas hegi (“coast”)
  • itsas hondar (“bottom of the sea”)
  • itsas hondo (“bottom of the sea”)
  • itsas hondo (“bottom of the sea”)
  • itsas igaraba (“sea otter”)
  • itsas izar (“starfish”)
  • itsas kabra (“red scorpionfish”)
  • itsas korronte (“ocean current”)
  • itsas lakatz (“sea urchin”)
  • itsas lehoi (“sea lion”)
  • itsas lore
  • itsas maila (“sea level”)
  • itsas mihilu (“rock samphire”)
  • itsas milia (“nautical mile”)
  • itsas oilar (“four-spot megrim”)
  • itsas orro
  • itsas otso (“seal”)
  • itsas pinu (“maritime pine”)
  • itsas portu (“harbor”)
  • itsas suge (“moray eel”)
  • itsas triku (“sea urchin”)
  • itsas txakur (“seal”)
  • itsas txori
  • itsas uhin (“wave”)
  • itsas zabal (“open sea”)
  • itsas zaldi (“seahorse”)
  • itsas zapo (“monkfish”)
  • itsasadar (“estuary”)
  • itsasalde (“coastland”)
  • itsasaldi (“tide”)
  • itsasargi (“lighthouse”)
  • itsasarte (“strait”)
  • itsasbazter
  • itsasbehera (“low tide”)
  • itsasbide (“seaway”)
  • itsasertz (“coast”)
  • itsasgizon (“seaman”)
  • itsasgora (“high tide”)
  • itsasgune
  • itsasikara (“seaquake”)
  • itsasketa (“traveling by ship”)
  • itsaski (“seafood”)
  • itsaskirri
  • itsaslabar (“cliff”)
  • itsaslamina (“siren”)
  • itsaslapur (“pirate”)
  • itsaslapurreta (“piracy”)
  • itsaslaster (“ocean current”)
  • itsasmutil (“sea boy”)
  • itsasoa hautsi (“to travel across the sea”)
  • itsasondo (“coast”)
  • itsasondoar (“coastal”)
  • itsasontzi (“ship”)
  • itsasontzigintza (“shipbuilding”)
  • itsasontziratu (“to board a ship”)
  • itsasora irten (“to go out to the sea”)
  • itsasoratu (“to go out to the sea”)
  • itsasorratz (“nautical compass”)
  • itsasozain (“coastal guard”)
  • itsaspe (“bottom of the sea”)
  • itsaspekari (“diver”)
  • itsaspeko (“submarine”)
  • itsasperatu (“to submerge”)
  • itsastar (“sailor”)
  • itsastatu (“to travel by ship”)
  • itsasturi (“sailor”)

Further reading
  • "itsaso" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • “itsaso” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus
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