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hori.

yellow

4 characters2 syllables approx.Euskara language

Meaning & usage

noun/hoɾi/Navarro-Lapurdian[ho.ɾi]Navarro-Lapurdian/oɾi/Southern[o.ɾi]Southern
  1. yellow

    inanimate
Where this word comes from

Unclear, from Proto-Basque *(h)ori. Possibly contains the adjectival suffix -i, while the first element has been interpreted as (h)or (“dog”), thus literally meaning “the color of dogs” or “tawny”.

adj/hoɾi/Navarro-Lapurdian[ho.ɾi]Navarro-Lapurdian/oɾi/Southern[o.ɾi]Southern
  1. yellow

  2. yellow, sensationalist

Where this word comes from

Unclear, from Proto-Basque *(h)ori. Possibly contains the adjectival suffix -i, while the first element has been interpreted as (h)or (“dog”), thus literally meaning “the color of dogs” or “tawny”.

pron/hoɾi/Navarro-Lapurdian[ho.ɾi]Navarro-Lapurdian/oɾi/Southern[o.ɾi]Southern
  1. that one

    demonstrative
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Basque *(h)ori. The stem of the inflected forms is *(h)oR-, with a trill.

det/hoɾi/Navarro-Lapurdian[ho.ɾi]Navarro-Lapurdian/oɾi/Southern[o.ɾi]Southern
  1. that

    demonstrative
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Basque *(h)ori. The stem of the inflected forms is *(h)oR-, with a trill.

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