edun

Etymology 1
The stem -(d)u- forms the basis of the indicative forms. This stem also appears in the dialectal participle. A verbal noun edutzea is attested from the fifteenth century, derived from either or. The potential and imperative forms are built on the stem -za- which becomes -tza- after a prefix ending in n.

Verb

 * 1)  to have

Usage notes

 * Light verb constructions with usually take auxiliaries of this class, even when translated by intransitive verbs.


 * Northern dialects use the participle for these forms.


 * Southern dialects use the participle for this verb in the sense "to have". As an auxiliary, the participle  is used instead.


 * Basque grammarians usually refer to this, along with the auxiliary, by the northern citation form  or by the reconstructed participle form *edun; as separative verb from the intransitive forms of.

Etymology 2
The stem is -i- in the indicative, and -ieza- in the potential and imperative. As in the nor-nori izan paradigm, forms with plural nor (absolutive) agreement are suffixed with -zki-. This marker is attached directly to the stem and precedes other agreement suffixes.

Usage notes

 * The dative argument frequently corresponds to an indirect object in English, but often indicates the possessor of the direct object ( argument) of the verb, usually expressed as a possessive in English.
 * Basque verbs of this class can only take third person direct objects (, or absolutive, arguments).