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asto.

donkey

4 characters2 syllables approx.Euskara language

Meaning & usage

noun/as̺to/[as̺.t̪o]
  1. donkey

    animate
  2. easel

    animate
  3. a structure used to keep whatever is being worked on at a certain height; a bench or table

    animate
Where this word comes from

Uncertain. At least two proposals exist: # Borrowed from Spanish asno or Latin asinus, phonetically improbable. # From hartz (“bear”) + -to (diminutive suffix), phonetically impeccable, but semantically strange. If the second theory is correct, then it may be related to the element Asto, which appears in an Aquitanian theonym found in Latin texts, Asto Ilunno.

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