separatu

Basque

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish separar

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tos

Latin -tumbor.

Basque -tu

Basque separatu

From Spanish separar (“to separate”) + Basque -tu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s̺epaɾatu/ [s̺e.pa.ɾa.t̪u]
• Rhymes: -atu, -u
• Hyphenation: se‧pa‧ra‧tu

Verb

separatu du (imperfect participle separatzen, future participle separatuko, short form separa, verbal noun separatze)

1. to separate

Related terms

• separatismo (“separatism”)
• separatista (“separatist”)
• separazio (“separation”)

Further reading

• “separatu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “separatu”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Latin

Verb

sēparātū

1. ablative supine of sēparō