elkar
Basque
Etymology
Probably from *hark-har, ergative and absolutive of *har[1]. The resemblance to Dutch elkaar, with the same meaning, is coincidental.
Pronoun
elkar
- each other; one another
- 1994, Elizen Arteko Biblia, Joan 13:34:
- Agindu berri bat ematen dizuet: elkar maita dezazuela.
- I give you a new command: love one another.
- Agindu berri bat ematen dizuet: elkar maita dezazuela.
- 2001, Jon D. Patrick, Ilari Zubiri Ibarrondo, A Student Grammar of Euskara, LINCOM Europa, page 378:
- Elkar ikusi arte!
- Until (we) see each other!
- Elkar ikusi arte!
- 1994, Elizen Arteko Biblia, Joan 13:34:
Derived terms
- elkar-
- elkarrekin
- elkartu
References
- Lawrence Trask, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, citing C. C. Uhlenbeck, Revista Internacional de Estudios Vascos (1928)
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