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zorabiatu

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Basque

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Etymology

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Uncertain, perhaps from Gascon horabiàt +‎ -tu, with interference from zoro (crazy).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (most dialects) /s̻oɾabiatu/ [s̻o.ɾa.β̞i.a.t̪u]
  • IPA(key): (Biscayan) /s̺oɾabiatu/ [s̺o.ɾa.β̞i.a.t̪u]

  • Rhymes: -atu
  • Hyphenation: zo‧ra‧bi‧a‧tu

Verb

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zorabiatu da/du (imperfect participle zorabiatzen, future participle zorabiatuko, short form zorabia, verbal noun zorabiatze)

  1. to be dizzy, be faint, swoon
  2. to stun, make dizzy
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References

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  1. ^ zorabiatu”, in Euskararen Herri Hizkeren Atlasa [Atlas of Basque Dialectal Terms], Euskaltzaindia

Further reading

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