uzta

Basque

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Gascon agost, from Old Occitan agost, from Vulgar Latin agustus, from Latin augustus. The semantic shift “August > month of the harvest > harvest” is straightforward, but the relexicalization from “August / harvest” to “July” is more obscure.

Pronunciation
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  • IPA(key): /us̻ta/, [us̻.t̪a]

Noun

uzta inan

  1. harvest
    Synonyms: zitu, epaitza, igitai
  2. July
    Synonyms: uztail, garagarril

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

References
  • “uzta” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • "uzta" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • “uzta” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
  • Azkue, Resurrección María de (1905–1906), “uzta”, in Diccionario vasco-español-francés = Dictionnaire basque-espagnol-français [Basque-Spanish-French Dictionary] (in Spanish and French), volume 2, Bilbao, pages 390-391
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