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 the 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

euskal (Basque) + -tegi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eu̯s̺kalteɡi/, [e̞u̯s̺.kal̪.t̪e̞.ɣ̞i]

Noun

euskaltegi

  1. A school for teaching the Basque language.

Declension

Further reading

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