Basque

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (most dialects) /s̻enkis̻kieten/ [s̻eŋ.kis̻.ki.e.t̪ẽn]
  • IPA(key): (Biscayan) /s̺enkis̺kieten/ [s̺eŋ.kis̺.ki.e.t̪ẽn]

  • Rhymes: -eten
  • Hyphenation: zen‧kiz‧ki‧e‧ten

Etymology 1

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Verb

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zenkizkieten

  1. Second-person plural (zuek), taking third-person plural (haiei) as indirect object, past subjunctive form of izan.
Usage notes
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Linguistically, this verb form can be seen as belonging to the reconstructed citation form edin instead of izan.

Etymology 2

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Verb

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zenkizkieten

  1. Second-person plural (zuek), taking third-person plural (haiei) as indirect object, past indicative form of ekin (to devote).