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jarraitu

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Basque

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From jarrai (continuous) +‎ -tu.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ɟarai̯tu/ [ɟa.rai̯.t̪u]
 
  • IPA(key): (Gipuzkoan) /xarai̯tu/ [xa.rai̯.t̪u]
  • IPA(key): (Biscayan) /d͡ʒarai̯tu/ [d͡ʒa.rai̯.t̪u]
  • IPA(key): (Navarrese) /jarai̯tu/ [ja.rai̯.t̪u]

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  • Rhymes: -ai̯tu
  • Hyphenation: ja‧rrai‧tu

Adjective

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jarraitu (comparative jarraituago, superlative jarraituen, excessive jarraituegi)

  1. continuous
    Synonyms: etengabe, jarrai, jarraiki

Declension

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Derived terms

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Verb

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jarraitu dio (imperfect participle jarraitzen, future participle jarraituko, short form jarrai, verbal noun jarraitze)

  1. to follow, to trail
  2. to accompany
  3. to persecute, to go after

Usage notes

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The form jarraiki is more common in eastern dialects. Due to the influence of Spanish, western dialects use transitive auxiliaries (with no direct object), eastern dialects continue to use intransitive auxiliaries. The synthetic forms are used in all dialects, but only intransitively, see jarraiki.

Further reading

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