eduki

From *edun (“to have”) +‎ -ki, from the Proto-Basque root *-dun-.^[1] The adjective and noun senses are derived from the verb.

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• IPA^(key): /eduki/ [e.ð̞u.ki]
• Rhymes: -uki, -i
• Hyphenation: e‧du‧ki

eduki du (imperfect participle edukitzen, future participle edukiko, short form eduki, verbal noun edukitze)

1. to support, sustain
2. to keep
3. (Southern) to have, possess

   Synonyms: izan (Southern), ukan (Northern)

4. [with partitive] to take for
5. to believe, think
6. [with comitative] to stay true, remain faithful

eduki (comparative edukiago, superlative edukien, excessive edukiegi)

1. rich
2. stingy, cheap

eduki inan or anim

1. content, possession, goods
2. rich person
3. stingy, cheap person

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

From French éduquer, English educate, Italian educare etc., all from Latin ēducō.

• IPA^(key): /eˈduki/

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• Rhymes: -uki
• Hyphenation: e‧du‧ki

eduki (present edukas, past edukis, future edukos, conditional edukus, volitive eduku)

1. to educate
2. to bring up, to raise (children)

• edukado (“education”)
• edukiĝi (“to be educated”)
• edukisto (“educator”)