Etymology

From bihur (“loop; distortion”) +‎ -tuCategory:Basque terms suffixed with -tu#BIHURTU.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): (Southern) /biurtu/, [bi.ur.t̪u]Category:Basque 3-syllable words#BIHURTUCategory:Basque terms with IPA pronunciation#BIHURTU
• IPA^(key): (Northern) /bihurtu/, [bi.ɦur.t̪u]Category:Basque 3-syllable words#BIHURTUCategory:Basque terms with IPA pronunciation#BIHURTU

Verb

bihurtu ? (imperfect participle bihurtzen, future participle bihurtuko, short form bihur, verbal noun bihurtze)Category:Basque lemmas#BIHURTUCategory:Basque verbs#BIHURTUCategory:Basque verbs without transitivity#BIHURTUCategory:Basque entries with incorrect language header#BIHURTUCategory:Pages with entries#BIHURTUCategory:Pages with 1 entry#BIHURTU

1. to become, turn into
2. to return, go back
3. to return, give back
4. to twist, sprain

   Synonym: bihurritu

5. to turn, change (direction)
6. to translate
7. to turn to, convert to

Further reading

• “bihurtu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “bihurtu”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005