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From: dik@turing.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Need Basque translated
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Date: Fri, 3-May-85 16:18:17 EDT
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I'll have a tyry at it: what is the meaning of the basque words Euzko iru.
I am not certain but I think the following may help:
the stem euzk- (also written eusk- or esku-) indicates basque.
the suffix -ko is a suffix of position meaning in, so euzko might
mean: in basque country or something like that.
Iru I do not know for certain, I have two possibilities:
1.  From hiru, meaning three.  The dropping of an initial h occurs frequently,
    as in hamar also written amar, meaning ten.
2.  The town of Irun; however I do not understand the dropping of the n.

So I think the solution is either "three in basque country" or "Irun in basque
country".  The second makes more sense but the first is simpler to explain.
-- 
dik t. winter, cwi, amsterdam, nederland
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