-tegi

• -degi (see usage notes)

May be related to hegi (“edge, border, bank”).

-tegi

1. Forms nouns indicating a location.

• Takes the form -degi after words ending l or n:

  ‎kirol (“sport”) + ‎-tegi → ‎kiroldegi (“sports center”).

• Exception:

  ‎lan (“work”) + ‎-tegi → ‎lantegi (“workplace”)

• R. L. Trask (2008) “hegi”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 163