sortu

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s̻ortu/ (Biscayan)

• IPA^(key): /s̺ortu/ [s̺or.t̪u]
• Rhymes: -ortu, -u
• Hyphenation: sor‧tu

Etymology 1

From the Proto-Basque root *sor- + -tu

Verb

sortu da/du (imperfect participle sortzen, future participle sortuko, short form sor, verbal noun sortze)

1. (da) to originate, to emerge, to be born
2. (du) to create, to conceive, to invent, to found, to produce

Derived terms

• sor-mark (“birthmark”)
• sor-mintzaira (“mother tongue”)
• sor-seinale (“birthmark”)
• sorberritu
• sorbide
• sorburu (“origin”)
• sorgailu
• sorgarri
• sorgune
• sorkari
• sorketa (“creation”)
• sorkunde
• sorkuntza
• sorkura
• sorleku
• sormen
• sorraldi
• sorrarazi
• sorrarazle
• sorrera
• sortalde (“east”)
• sortegun
• sorterri
• sorterro (“lineage”)
• sortetxe
• sortzaile (“creator”)
• sortze (“creation”)
• sortzetik
• sortzetiko

Etymology 2

From sor (“deaf, numb”) +‎ -tu

Verb

sortu da/du (imperfect participle sortzen, future participle sortuko, short form sor, verbal noun sortze)

1. to numb
2. to deafen

   Synonym: gortu

Further reading

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