akabatu

From Spanish acabar (“to finish”) +‎ -tu.

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• IPA^(key): /akabatu/ [a.ka.β̞a.t̪u]
• Rhymes: -atu, -u
• Hyphenation: a‧ka‧ba‧tu

akabatu da/du (imperfect participle akabatzen, future participle akabatuko, short form akaba, verbal noun akabatze)

1. (du) to slaughter
2. (da) (said of an animal) to die
3. (da, du) to end, to finish
4. (du) to refine, to polish

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