genkizkien

Basque

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡenkis̻kien/ [ɡeŋ.kis̻.ki.ẽn]

• IPA^(key): (most dialects) /ɡenkis̻kien/ [ɡeŋ.kis̻.ki.ẽn]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /ɡenkis̺kien/ [ɡeŋ.kis̺.ki.ẽn]

• Rhymes: -ien
• Hyphenation: gen‧kiz‧ki‧en

Etymology 1

Verb

genkizkien

1. First-person plural (gu), taking third-person plural (haiei) as indirect object, past subjunctive form of izan.

Usage notes

Linguistically, this verb form can be seen as belonging to the reconstructed citation form edin instead of izan.

Etymology 2

Verb

genkizkien

1. First-person plural (gu), taking third-person plural (haiei) as indirect object, past indicative form of ekin (“to devote”).