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porru-hazi

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Basque

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Etymology

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From porru (leek) +‎ hazi (seed).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /poru has̻i/ [po.ru ha.s̻i]
 
  • IPA(key): (Gipuzkoan, Navarrese) /poru as̻i/ [po.ru a.s̻i]
  • IPA(key): (Biscayan) /poru as̺i/ [po.ru a.s̺i]

  • Hyphenation: po‧rru-ha‧zi

Noun

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porru-hazi inan

  1. (informal) benefit, profit, gain
    • 2002, Manuel Matxain, “Morroi baten arrenkurak”, in edited by Antonio Zavala, Uste gabean (Auspoa Liburutegia; 277), Auspoa, →ISBN, page 65:
      Orain sei illabete,
      gutxi gora-bera,
      morroi etorri nintzan
      baserri batera,
      porru-azi aundirik
      eztet nik atera.
      Six months ago
      more or less,
      I started working
      in a farm,
      little benefit
      did I obtain.

Declension

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Further reading

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