itsaso

Basque

Alternative forms

• itsas (combining form)
• itzaso, itxaso (dialectal, diminutive)
• ichasso, itsasso (obsolete)

Etymology

First attested in 1545 as ichasso, from Proto-Basque *itsaso.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /it͡s̺as̺o/ [i.t͡s̺a.s̺o]

• IPA^(key): (most dialects) /it͡s̺as̺o/ [i.t͡s̺a.s̺o]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /it͡s̻as̺o/ [i.t͡s̻a.s̺o]

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• Rhymes: -as̺o, -o
• Hyphenation: i‧tsa‧so

Noun

itsaso inan

1. sea
   • 1545, Bernard Etxepare, Linguae Vasconum Primitiae [First fruits of the language of the Basques]‎, Eusklatzaindia, published 1995, →ISBN, page 54:

     Ichaſſoac ez yraungui erachequi dadina

     [Itxasoak ez iraungi eratxeki dadina]

     The sea could not put out [any fire] it started

Declension

Declension of itsaso (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	itsaso	itsasoa	itsasoak
ergative	itsasok	itsasoak	itsasoek
dative	itsasori	itsasoari	itsasoei
genitive	itsasoren	itsasoaren	itsasoen
comitative	itsasorekin	itsasoarekin	itsasoekin
causative	itsasorengatik	itsasoarengatik	itsasoengatik
benefactive	itsasorentzat	itsasoarentzat	itsasoentzat
instrumental	itsasoz	itsasoaz	itsasoez
inessive	itsasotan	itsasoan	itsasoetan
locative	itsasotako	itsasoko	itsasoetako
allative	itsasotara	itsasora	itsasoetara
terminative	itsasotaraino	itsasoraino	itsasoetaraino
directive	itsasotarantz	itsasorantz	itsasoetarantz
destinative	itsasotarako	itsasorako	itsasoetarako
ablative	itsasotatik	itsasotik	itsasoetatik
partitive	itsasorik	—	—
prolative	itsasotzat	—	—

Derived terms

• itsas aingira (“European conger”)
• itsas armada (“navy”)
• itsas arrain
• itsas arrano (“white-tailed eagle”)
• itsas arrantza
• itsas azal (“sea surface”)
• itsas barakuilu (“sea snail”)
• itsas barraskilo (“sea snail”)
• itsas barru (“open sea”)
• itsas belar (“seagrass”)
• itsas dortoka (“sea turtle”)
• itsas erdi (“open sea”)
• itsas gain (“sea surface”)
• itsas gaztaina (“horse chestnut”)
• itsas gaztainondo (“horse chestnut tree”)
• itsas handi (“open sea”)
• itsas hegi (“coast”)
• itsas hondar (“bottom of the sea”)
• itsas hondo (“bottom of the sea”)
• itsas igaraba (“sea otter”)
• itsas izar (“starfish”)
• itsas kabra (“red scorpionfish”)
• itsas korronte (“ocean current”)
• itsas lakatz (“sea urchin”)
• itsas lehoi (“sea lion”)
• itsas lore
• itsas maila (“sea level”)
• itsas mihilu (“rock samphire”)
• itsas milia (“nautical mile”)
• itsas oilar (“four-spot megrim”)
• itsas orro
• itsas otso (“seal”)
• itsas pinu (“maritime pine”)
• itsas portu (“harbor”)
• itsas suge (“moray eel”)
• itsas triku (“sea urchin”)
• itsas txakur (“seal”)
• itsas txori
• itsas uhin (“wave”)
• itsas zabal (“open sea”)
• itsas zaldi (“seahorse”)
• itsas zapo (“monkfish”)
• itsasadar (“estuary”)
• itsasalde (“coastland”)
• itsasaldi (“tide”)
• itsasargi (“lighthouse”)
• itsasarte (“strait”)
• itsasbazter
• itsasbehera (“low tide”)
• itsasbide (“seaway”)
• itsasertz (“coast”)
• itsasgabe (“landlocked”)
• itsasgizon (“seaman”)
• itsasgora (“high tide”)
• itsasgune
• itsasikara (“seaquake”)
• itsasketa (“traveling by ship”)
• itsaski (“seafood”)
• itsaskirri
• itsaslabar (“cliff”)
• itsaslamina (“siren”)
• itsaslapur (“pirate”)
• itsaslapurreta (“piracy”)
• itsaslaster (“ocean current”)
• itsasmutil (“sea boy”)
• itsasoa hautsi (“to travel across the sea”)
• itsasondo (“coast”)
• itsasondoar (“coastal”)
• itsasontzi (“ship”)
• itsasontzigintza (“shipbuilding”)
• itsasontziratu (“to board a ship”)
• itsasora irten (“to go out to the sea”)
• itsasoratu (“to go out to the sea”)
• itsasorratz (“nautical compass”)
• itsasozain (“coastal guard”)
• itsaspe (“bottom of the sea”)
• itsaspekari (“diver”)
• itsaspeko (“submarine”)
• itsasperatu (“to submerge”)
• itsastar (“sailor”)
• itsastatu (“to travel by ship”)
• itsasturi (“sailor”)

Further reading

• “itsaso”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “itsaso”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005