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kirol
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See also: kiről
Basque
Etymology
First attested in 1596 with the meaning "joy", borrowed from Old Spanish quirola. The term isn't attested again until the early twentieth century, when it was repurposed to its current meaning.
Pronunciation
Noun
kirol inan
- sport
- (obsolete) joy, jubilation
- 1596, Joseba Lakarra, editor, Refranes y sentencias [Sayings and sentences] (Euskararen Lekukoak; 19), Bilbao: Eusklatzaindia, published 1996, →ISBN, page 268:
- Gorhua garrian, ta gogoa quirolan.
- [Gorua garrian, ta gogoa kirolan.]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- “kirol”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “kirol”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
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Ibaloi
Pronunciation
Noun
kirol
Derived terms
- unkirol
See also
Karao
Noun
kirol
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