"sortu" meaning in Basque

See sortu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /s̻ortu/, /s̺ortu/, [s̺or.t̪u] Forms: sortu da [canonical], du [canonical], sortzen [imperfect, participle], sortuko [future, participle], sor [short-form], sortze [noun-from-verb]
Rhymes: -ortu, -u Etymology: From the Proto-Basque root *sor- + -tu Head templates: {{eu-verb|da-du}} sortu da/du (imperfect participle sortzen, future participle sortuko, short form sor, verbal noun sortze)
  1. (da) to originate, to emerge, to be born
    Sense id: en-sortu-eu-verb-0vUpGYxB Categories (other): Basque entries with incorrect language header, Basque terms suffixed with -tu, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Basque entries with incorrect language header: 28 30 24 18 Disambiguation of Basque terms suffixed with -tu: 28 24 27 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 25 25 22 20 8 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 24 22 20 9 0
  2. (du) to create, to conceive, to invent, to found, to produce
    Sense id: en-sortu-eu-verb-tWPxBd2f Categories (other): Basque entries with incorrect language header, Basque terms suffixed with -tu, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Basque entries with incorrect language header: 28 30 24 18 Disambiguation of Basque terms suffixed with -tu: 28 24 27 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 25 25 22 20 8 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 24 22 20 9 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Derived forms: sor-mark (english: birthmark), sor-mintzaira (english: mother tongue), sor-seinale (english: birthmark), sorberritu, sorbide, sorburu [origin], sorgailu, sorgarri, sorgune, sorkari, sorketa (english: creation), sorkunde, sorkuntza, sorkura, sorleku, sormen, sorraldi, sorrarazi, sorrarazle, sorrera, sortalde (english: east), sortegun, sorterri, sorterro (english: lineage), sortetxe, sortzaile (english: creator), sortze (english: creation), sortzetik, sortzetiko

Verb

IPA: /s̻ortu/, /s̺ortu/, [s̺or.t̪u] Forms: sortu da [canonical], du [canonical], sortzen [imperfect, participle], sortuko [future, participle], sor [short-form], sortze [noun-from-verb]
Rhymes: -ortu, -u Etymology: From sor (“deaf, numb”) + -tu Etymology templates: {{af|eu|sor<t:deaf, numb>|-tu}} sor (“deaf, numb”) + -tu Head templates: {{eu-verb|da-du}} sortu da/du (imperfect participle sortzen, future participle sortuko, short form sor, verbal noun sortze)
  1. to numb
    Sense id: en-sortu-eu-verb-YJoImjpX Categories (other): Basque entries with incorrect language header, Basque terms suffixed with -tu, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Basque entries with incorrect language header: 28 30 24 18 Disambiguation of Basque terms suffixed with -tu: 28 24 27 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 25 25 22 20 8 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 24 22 20 9 0
  2. to deafen Synonyms: gortu
    Sense id: en-sortu-eu-verb-vlEJAj06 Categories (other): Basque entries with incorrect language header, Basque terms suffixed with -tu, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Basque entries with incorrect language header: 28 30 24 18 Disambiguation of Basque terms suffixed with -tu: 28 24 27 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 25 25 22 20 8 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 24 22 20 9 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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      "english": "mother tongue",
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      "english": "birthmark",
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  "lang": "Basque",
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      "ipa": "/s̺ortu/"
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      "ipa": "[s̺or.t̪u]"
    },
    {
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  ],
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        "to deafen"
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        {
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      "ipa": "[s̺or.t̪u]"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-ortu"
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  ],
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    "Basque terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Basque verbs",
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    "Rhymes:Basque/ortu/2 syllables",
    "Rhymes:Basque/u",
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  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "birthmark",
      "translation": "birthmark",
      "word": "sor-mark"
    },
    {
      "english": "mother tongue",
      "translation": "mother tongue",
      "word": "sor-mintzaira"
    },
    {
      "english": "birthmark",
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    {
      "word": "sorberritu"
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    {
      "word": "sorbide"
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    {
      "topics": [
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    {
      "word": "sorgailu"
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    {
      "word": "sorgarri"
    },
    {
      "word": "sorgune"
    },
    {
      "word": "sorkari"
    },
    {
      "english": "creation",
      "translation": "creation",
      "word": "sorketa"
    },
    {
      "word": "sorkunde"
    },
    {
      "word": "sorkuntza"
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      "word": "sorkura"
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      "word": "sorleku"
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    {
      "word": "sormen"
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      "word": "sorraldi"
    },
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      "word": "sorrarazi"
    },
    {
      "word": "sorrarazle"
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    {
      "word": "sorrera"
    },
    {
      "english": "east",
      "translation": "east",
      "word": "sortalde"
    },
    {
      "word": "sortegun"
    },
    {
      "word": "sorterri"
    },
    {
      "english": "lineage",
      "translation": "lineage",
      "word": "sorterro"
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    {
      "word": "sortetxe"
    },
    {
      "english": "creator",
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      "word": "sortzaile"
    },
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      "english": "creation",
      "translation": "creation",
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      "form": "sortzen",
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        "future",
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    },
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        "(da) to originate, to emerge, to be born"
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        "(du) to create, to conceive, to invent, to found, to produce"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/s̻ortu/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/s̺ortu/"
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      "ipa": "[s̺or.t̪u]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ortu"
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    "Rhymes:Basque/ortu",
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  ],
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        "to numb"
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        [
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to deafen"
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          "deafen",
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      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "gortu"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/s̻ortu/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/s̺ortu/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[s̺or.t̪u]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ortu"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-u"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sortu"
}

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  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: da",
  "path": [
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  "section": "Basque",
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}

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  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: da",
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  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "sortu",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: du",
  "path": [
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Basque dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-12-23 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-12-02 using wiktextract (6fdc867 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.