zubi

Basque
Onnenkoskiko harrizko zubia, Finlandia (a stone bridge in Onnenkoski, Finland).

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *zubi, probably a compound of *zuR (“wood”) and *bide (“way, path”).[1]

Pronunciation
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  • IPA(key): (most dialects) /s̻ubi/ [s̻u.β̞i]
  • IPA(key): (Biscayan) /s̺ubi/ [s̺u.β̞i]

  • Rhymes: -ubi
  • Hyphenation: zu‧bi

Noun

zubi inan

  1. bridge
  2. long weekend; a day which falls between two work-free days (holidays or weekend days)
  3. (music) tailpiece

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms
  • zubi-begi (“span, arch of a bridge”)
  • zubi-bular
  • zubibide (“viaduct”)
  • zubigile
  • zubigintza
  • zubipe
  • zubizain (“bridgekeeper”)

References
  1. “zubi” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

Further reading
  • "zubi" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • “zubi” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

zubi (Cyrillic spelling зуби)

  1. nominative/vocative plural of zub
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