abaro egin
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Basque
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From abaro (“shade”) + egin (“to do”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]abaro egin du (imperfect participle abaro egiten, future participle abaro egingo or abaro eginen, short form abaro egin, verbal noun abaro egite)
- to nap (said of cattle)
- 1976, Manuel Olaizola Urbieta "Uztapide", “Artzaia”, in Sasoia joan da gero[1], Auspoa Liburutegia, page 64:
- Goizian intza ederra zegon
baña eguardian bero,
ardiak[sic] pago zarren azpian
egingo dute abaro; […]- There was a pleasant dew in the morning
[but since] the weather at noon is hot,
the sheep under the old beeches
will take a nap; […]
- There was a pleasant dew in the morning
Further reading
[edit]- “abaro egin”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia, Euskaltzaindia
- “abaro egin”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia, Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005