jausi

Basque

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *e-au(t)s-i, doublet of jaitsi (“to descend”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ɟau̯s̺i/ [ɟau̯.s̺i]

 

• IPA^(key): (Southern) /xau̯s̺i/ [xau̯.s̺i]

• IPA^(key): (Gipuzkoan) /xau̯s̺i/ [xau̯.s̺i]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /d͡ʒau̯s̺i/ [d͡ʒau̯.s̺i]
• IPA^(key): (Navarrese) /jau̯s̺i/ [jau̯.s̺i]

• Rhymes: -au̯s̺i, -i
• Hyphenation: jau‧si

Verb

jausi da (imperfect participle jausten, future participle jausiko, short form jaus, verbal noun jauste)

1. to fall

Further reading

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