zazpi

Basque

Basque numbers (edit)
70
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    Cardinal: zazpi
    Ordinal: zazpigarren
    Multiplier: zazpikoitz
    Distributive: zazpina
    Collective: zazpikote
    Fractional: zazpiren

Etymology

Unknown, but maybe from Proto-Basque *bortza-z-bi (literally “five with two”), with initial syllable apheresis and early reduction of *biga (“two”) to bi.[1] Often compared with Iberian sisbi (“seven”).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /s̻as̻pi/, [s̻as̻.pi]
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Numeral

zazpi

  1. seven

Declension

Derived terms

  • zazpidun (“seventh”) (music)
  • zazpiehun (“seven hundred”) (see there for further derivation)
  • zazpigarren (“seventh”)
  • zazpigarrenez (“for the seventh time”)
  • zazpigarrengo (“seventh”)
  • zazpihortz
  • zazpiki (“baby born two-months premature”)
  • zazpiko (“having seven parts”)
  • zazpikote (“group of seven”)
  • zazpina (“seven each”)
  • zazpinaka (“in groups of seven”)
  • zazpira (“seven each”)
  • zazpirazka (“in groups of seven”)
  • zazpiren (“seventh”)
  • zazpisukalde
  • zazpitan (“seven times”)
  • zazpiurren
  • zazpizango

References

  1. “zazpi” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
  2. Orduña A., Eduardo (2011) “Los numerales ibéricos y el protovasco [Iberian numerals and Proto-Basque]”, in Veleia‎ (in Spanish), volume 28, pages 125–139

Further reading

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