euskaltegi

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Basque euskaltegi.

Noun

euskaltegi (plural euskaltegis)

1. A school for teaching the Basque language.
   • 2000, Manuel Ortega, José Bravo, Computers and education in the 21st century, page 252:

     In this way, the users can study with a method that adapts to their needs, at their pace and without the need to go to an Euskaltegi (a school where Euskara classes are specifically taught).

   • 2005, Iñaki Martínez de Luna, Maria-Jose Azurmendi, “The Case of Basque”, in International Journal of the Sociology of Language, page 73:

     The minimum age to sign on at an euskaltegi (Basque language school) is sixteen.

   • 2006, Alfonso Pérez-Agote, The social roots of Basque nationalism, page 136:

     In the beginning, AEK rejected the euskaltegis because it said they prevented grassroots movements from emerging out of the neighborhoods.

   • 2010, Gilles Asselin, Ruth Mastron, Au Contraire: Figuring Out the French, page 142:

     An euskaltegi is a language school (also public or private) usually catering to adult learners.

   • 2010, Patxi Baztarrika, The evolution of the Basque revival, in Minority language protection in Europe: into a new decade: Regional or minority languages, No. 8 (2010, →ISBN, published by the Council of Europe, page 142:

     […] and among those are 300 000 new Basque-speakers (those who have learnt it not at home, but at school or as adults at the euskaltegi.

Basque

Etymology

From euskal (“Basque”) +‎ -tegi (“place”)

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /eu̯s̺kalteɡi/ [eu̯s̺.kal̪.t̪e.ɣ̞i]
• Rhymes: -eɡi
• Hyphenation: eus‧kal‧te‧gi

Noun

euskaltegi

1. A school for teaching the Basque language.

Declension

Declension of euskaltegi (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	euskaltegi	euskaltegia	euskaltegiak
ergative	euskaltegik	euskaltegiak	euskaltegiek
dative	euskaltegiri	euskaltegiari	euskaltegiei
genitive	euskaltegiren	euskaltegiaren	euskaltegien
comitative	euskaltegirekin	euskaltegiarekin	euskaltegiekin
causative	euskaltegirengatik	euskaltegiarengatik	euskaltegiengatik
benefactive	euskaltegirentzat	euskaltegiarentzat	euskaltegientzat
instrumental	euskaltegiz	euskaltegiaz	euskaltegiez
inessive	euskaltegitan	euskaltegian	euskaltegietan
locative	euskaltegitako	euskaltegiko	euskaltegietako
allative	euskaltegitara	euskaltegira	euskaltegietara
terminative	euskaltegitaraino	euskaltegiraino	euskaltegietaraino
directive	euskaltegitarantz	euskaltegirantz	euskaltegietarantz
destinative	euskaltegitarako	euskaltegirako	euskaltegietarako
ablative	euskaltegitatik	euskaltegitik	euskaltegietatik
partitive	euskaltegirik	—	—
prolative	euskaltegitzat	—	—

Further reading

• “euskaltegi”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “euskaltegi”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005