afari
'Dinner'
gosari
'breakfast'
bazkari
'lunch'
agur
'hello' and 'good-bye'; in the south, it is now confined
to 'good-bye', with kaixo now being preferred for 'hello'.
arno
'Wine'.
arrantzale
'Fisherman'.
artzain
'Shepherd'.
beltz
'Black'.
bertsolari
'verse'.
eliza
'Church'.
etxe
'House'.
eskuara
The name of the Basque language.
gorri
'Red'.
ikurrin
The Basque national flag, consisting of a red field, covered
by a diagonal green cross, covered in turn by an orthogonal
white cross.
irrintzi
The traditional Basque mountain cry.
lauburu
The Basque swastika, a rounded swastika resembling four
commas joined at their points.
mendi
'Mountain'.
mus
The traditional Basque card game, played by four people
in two partnerships. |
ogi
'Bread'.
pilota
The Basque national game, the name pilota, of course,
is a borrowing from Romance pelota 'ball'.
sukalde
'Kitchen'.
ur
'Water'. The word is ancient and well-attested in place
names and surnames, such as Urepele ('warm water'), a
village in the French Basque Country.
zori
'Luck'.
zuri
'White'.
An example of basque language structure:
IZAN GABE EMAN
DEZAKEGUN
To have without giving that we can
GAUZA
BAKARRA DA ZORIONA
thing only is happiness.
"Happiness
is the only thing that we can give without having it."
Some
sentences:
Zangoak
zerbitzatzen du eskua, eta eskuak zangoa.
The foot serves the hand, and the hand serves the foot.
Sabelak
jaten ez ba du, sabela bera ihartuko da.
If the belly does not eat, the belly itself will fail.
Bakersfield-eko
merearen semearen paltoaren potoina.
The button of the coat of the son of the mayor of Bakesfield.
|
2002,
Pierre Igoa