susmo
Basque
Etymology
Unknown, attested since the late 19th century. Compare usmo (“smell, suspicion”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s̺us̺mo/, [s̺uz̺.mo̞]
Noun
susmo inan
- suspicion, mistrust
- 2003 November 22, Irune Berro, “Bagdadetik zuzenean”, in Berria:
- Kontrol ugari dago hara joateko, eta susmorik txikiena dutenean tiroz erantzuten dute soldadu iparramerikarrek.
- There are many checkpoints to get there, and at the slightest suspicion, the American soldiers respond with gunfire.
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- hint, trace, vestige
- 2003 November 19, “Gaitz kutsakorra airean”, in Berria:
- Artean baino, aurten ez bezala, ez zen gaitz kutsakorren susmorik airean.
- However, unlike this year, there were no traces of contagious diseases in the air.
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Declension
| Declension of susmo (inanimate, ending in vowel) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
| absolutive | susmo | susmoa | susmoak |
| ergative | susmok | susmoak | susmoek |
| dative | susmori | susmoari | susmoei |
| genitive | susmoren | susmoaren | susmoen |
| comitative | susmorekin | susmoarekin | susmoekin |
| causative | susmorengatik | susmoarengatik | susmoengatik |
| benefactive | susmorentzat | susmoarentzat | susmoentzat |
| instrumental | susmoz | susmoaz | susmoez |
| inessive | susmotan | susmoan | susmoetan |
| locative | susmotako | susmoko | susmoetako |
| allative | susmotara | susmora | susmoetara |
| terminative | susmotaraino | susmoraino | susmoetaraino |
| directive | susmotarantz | susmorantz | susmoetarantz |
| destinative | susmotarako | susmorako | susmoetarako |
| ablative | susmotatik | susmotik | susmoetatik |
| partitive | susmorik | — | — |
| prolative | susmotzat | — | — |
Derived terms
- susmabera (“mistrustful”)
- susmaezin (“unsuspected”)
- susmagaitz (“unsuspected”)
- susmagarri (“suspicious”)
- susmatu (“to suspect”)
- susmo izan (“to suspect”)
- susmoti (“mistrustful”)
References
- Mitxelena, Koldo L. (1961) Fonética histórica vasca [Basque Historical Phonetics] (Obras completas de Luis Michelena; 1) (in Spanish), Diputación Foral de Guipuzkoa, published 1990, →ISBN, page 350
Further reading
- "susmo" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
- “susmo” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus