bukatu
Basque
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bukatu/, [bu.ka.t̪u]
Verb
bukatu ? (present participle bukatzen, future participle bukatuko, short form buka, verbal noun bukatze)
- to finish, to end
- to die
- to break (a relationship)
Derived terms
- bukaera (“ending”)
- bukaera gabeko (“without end”)
- bukaezinezko (“interminable, unending”)
- bukaezin (“interminable, unending”)
- bukakor (“finite”)
- bukatugabe (“unfinished”)
- bukatzen ez den soka (“neverending story”, literally “endless rope”)
Further reading
- "bukatu" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
- “bukatu” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus