erdi

Unknown.^[1] Often compared with Iberian erder (“half”).^[2] For the meaning “to give birth”, compare the semantic field of Latin pars (“part”) and the correspondent verb parere (“to give birth”).

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• IPA^(key): /erdi/ [er.ð̞i]
• Rhymes: -erdi
• Hyphenation: er‧di

erdi (not comparable)

1. half
2. somewhat

erdi inan or anim

1. (animate or inanimate) half
2. (inanimate) middle, center
3. (inanimate, nautical) a boat's centerline

erdi da (imperfect participle erditzen, future participle erdiko, short form erdi, verbal noun erditze)

1. to give birth

   Synonym: erditu

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

erdi

1. third-person singular indicative simple past of ermek