sortu

Basque

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Unknown.

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], Euskaltzaindia
• “sortu”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English sort or borrowed from Dutch soort.

Noun

sortu

1. sort, kind, type
   • c. 1970, Michaël Slory, “Dungru worku broko a faja gi mi: wan fresko mamanten”, in Fri-kontren-sma‎^[1], page 9:

     Mi o gwe go suku wan tra sortu libi now.

     I'll go away now, to look for a different kind of life.

   • 1975, Edgar Cairo, “Wan pisi fu libi”, in Ursy M. Lichtveld, Jan Voorhoeve, editors, Creole drum. An Anthology of Creole Literature in Surinam‎^[2], New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 254:

     Wan takru sortu kosokoso di no abi kaba a ben gwenti e kisi.

     He used to get a nasty kind of cough that had no end.

Determiner

sortu

1. what kind of
   • 2011, José Paulo Ribeiro, Rafael da Silva Oliveira, Wortubuku Sranantongo para brasileiros‎^[3], FUNAG, page 178:

     Sortu wroko yu e du?

     What kind of work do you do?