sortu

Basque

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /s̺ortu/ [s̺or.t̪u]
  • Rhymes: -ortu
  • Hyphenation: sor‧tu

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Verb

sortu da/du (imperfect participle sortzen, future participle sortuko, short form sor, verbal noun sortze)

  1. (da) to originate, to emerge, to be born
  2. (du) to create, to conceive, to invent, to found, to produce
Derived terms
  • sor-mark (“birthmark”)
  • sor-mintzaira (“mother tongue”)
  • sor-seinale (“birthmark”)
  • sorberritu
  • sorbide
  • sorburu (“origin”)
  • sorgailu
  • sorgarri
  • sorgune
  • sorkari
  • sorketa (“creation”)
  • sorkunde
  • sorkuntza
  • sorkura
  • sorleku
  • sormen
  • sorraldi
  • sorrarazi
  • sorrarazle
  • sorrera
  • sortalde (“east”)
  • sortegun
  • sorterri
  • sorterro (“lineage”)
  • sortetxe
  • sortzaile (“creator”)
  • sortze (“creation”)
  • sortzetik
  • sortzetiko

Etymology 2

From sor (“deaf, numb”) +‎ -tu

Verb

sortu da/du (imperfect participle sortzen, future participle sortuko, short form sor, verbal noun sortze)

  1. to numb
  2. to deafen
    Synonym: gortu

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

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English sort or borrowed from Dutch soort.

Noun

sortu

  1. sort, kind, type
    • 2011, José Paulo Ribeiro, Rafael da Silva Oliveira, Wortubuku Sranantongo para brasileiros‎, FUNAG, page 178:
      Sortu wroko yu e du?
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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