Etymology

Possibly from Proto-BasqueCategory:Basque terms inherited from Proto-Basque#IREKICategory:Basque terms derived from Proto-Basque#IREKI *e-re-ki.^[1] But some dialectal forms have -d- so it might be from Proto-BasqueCategory:Basque terms inherited from Proto-Basque#IREKICategory:Basque terms derived from Proto-Basque#IREKI *e-de-ki. These both postulate use of a verb suffix -ki, but the k might be part of the root.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /iɾeki/, [i.ɾe̞.ki]Category:Basque 3-syllable words#IREKICategory:Basque terms with IPA pronunciation#IREKI

Verb

ireki ? (imperfect participle irekitzen, future participle irekiko, short form ireki, verbal noun irekitze)Category:Basque lemmas#IREKICategory:Basque verbs#IREKICategory:Basque verbs without transitivity#IREKICategory:Basque entries with incorrect language header#IREKICategory:Pages with entries#IREKICategory:Pages with 2 entries#IREKI

1. to open, open up

References

Further reading

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

Etymology

From EnglishCategory:Xhosa terms borrowed from English#IREKICategory:Xhosa terms derived from English#IREKI rake.

Noun

ireki^? class 9 (plural iireki class 10)Category:Xhosa lemmas#irekiCategory:Xhosa terms with redundant sortkeys#irekiCategory:Xhosa nouns#irekiCategory:Requests for tone in Xhosa noun entries#irekiCategory:Xhosa entries with incorrect language header#irekiCategory:Xhosa class 9 nouns#irekiCategory:Pages with entries#IREKICategory:Pages with 2 entries#IREKI

1. rake