jaso

Basque

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ɟas̺o/ [ɟa.s̺o]
 
  • IPA(key): (Gipuzkoan) /xas̺o/ [xa.s̺o]
  • IPA(key): (Biscayan) /d͡ʒas̺o/ [d͡ʒa.s̺o]
  • IPA(key): (Navarrese) /jas̺o/ [ja.s̺o]

  • Rhymes: -as̺o, -o
  • Hyphenation: ja‧so

Adjective

jaso (not comparable)

  1. raised, elevated
  2. high-level, cultivated, formal
  3. well-groomed

Declension

Declension of jaso (adjective, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive jaso jasoa jasoak
ergative jasok jasoak jasoek
dative jasori jasoari jasoei
genitive jasoren jasoaren jasoen
comitative jasorekin jasoarekin jasoekin
causative jasorengatik jasoarengatik jasoengatik
benefactive jasorentzat jasoarentzat jasoentzat
instrumental jasoz jasoaz jasoez
inessive anim jasorengan jasoarengan jasoengan
inan jasotan jasoan jasoetan
locative anim
inan jasotako jasoko jasoetako
allative anim jasorengana jasoarengana jasoengana
inan jasotara jasora jasoetara
terminative anim jasorenganaino jasoarenganaino jasoenganaino
inan jasotaraino jasoraino jasoetaraino
directive anim jasorenganantz jasoarenganantz jasoenganantz
inan jasotarantz jasorantz jasoetarantz
destinative anim jasorenganako jasoarenganako jasoenganako
inan jasotarako jasorako jasoetarako
ablative anim jasorengandik jasoarengandik jasoengandik
inan jasotatik jasotik jasoetatik
partitive jasorik
prolative jasotzat

Verb

jaso du (imperfect participle jasotzen, future participle jasoko, short form jaso, verbal noun jasotze)

  1. to pick up
    Eroritako sagarrak lurretik jaso behar ditugu.We have to pick up the fallen apples.
  2. to raise, to elevate
  3. to receive, to get
  4. to clean up, to collect (something previously left behind)
    Zure gela jaso!Clean up your room!

Derived terms

  • aholkua jaso
  • ahotik jaso
  • aingura jaso
  • berri jaso
  • bihotza jaso
  • bizkarra jaso
  • burua jaso
  • deia jaso
  • dirua jaso
  • gogoan jaso
  • harri-jasotzaile (stone lifter)
  • harri-jasotze (stone lifting)
  • jasoaldi
  • jasoarazi
  • jasogailu
  • jasokunde (Assumption)
  • Jasokunde (Assumption)
  • jasotasun
  • jasotzaile (lifter)
  • jasotze
  • karga-jasogailu
  • mahaia jaso
  • ordaina jaso
  • seinalea jaso
  • sorbaldak jaso
  • tratu txarrak jaso
  • ukabila jaso

Further reading

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