# List of ideophones in Basque

This article is list of ideophones in Basque language based on Ibarretxe-Antuñano's (2006) trilingual dictionary Hizkuntzaren Bihotzean - Euskal Onomatopeien Hiztegia.

## A

* abaaba — expression for toddling children and in lullabies
* abo-abo — sleep
* abu-abu — go for a walk
* afa — expression of happiness
* aiba! — gasp of astonishment
* aida-aida — cattle
* aikolo-maikolo— indecisive
* aiku-maiku — indecision.
* akuilu-makuilu — stilts
* ani-ani — walk, go for a walk
* antxi-antxika — running
* apa-apa — walking (especially, a little kid).
* apapa — toddle over here.
* apapanturi — drowsy sleepy man
* apar — foam, spray, surf
* aput — expression of disapproval
* araust — call for challenge
* arlote — homeless
* armi-arma — spider
* arra-arra — gush out
* arre — gee up!
* arret-zarret — zigzag.
* asa! — cry to start moving
* asa-asa — without too many clothes.
* atx — ouch; call for pigs.
* atxi-atxi — to run.
* au-au — bark of a small dog
* auk — call for geese
* aup — expression to get up
* aupi — expression of happiness
* ausk — sound of bite
* auzi-mauzi — quarrel, problem.
* axi — expression to set the dog on somebody
* axut — call for a challenge
* azur-mazurrak — leftovers

## B

* bala-bala — from person to person; bluntly.
* balan-balan — move clumsily.
* bal-bal — hard boiling sound.
* ban-ban — industrious, proud, non-stop.
* bar-bar — sound of bubbling water; rhythmic falling of a light body.
* barra-barra — a great deal, a lot, amply, abundantly, plentifully.
* barrast — sound of ripping
* barristi-barrasta — move quickly.
* bat-bat — wholly, completely.
* bedera-bedera — profusely (especially grain falling and money spending).
* beilo-beilo — tipsy, slightly drunk.
* ber-ber — equally, no matter.
* bera-bera — to walk by oneself.
* berrinba-barranba — clumsy.
* bi-bi — call for cats.
* biguin-miguin — flattery.
* bil-bil — bubble, rounded.
* biliki-balaka — swinging, teetering.
* bilin-balan — tumbling, turning over.
* bilin-bolan — stagger, totter, reel.
* bilist-balast — slip, sway, rocking.
* bill-bill — piled up.
* bilo-biloka — women's fight (tearing hair out)
* binbili-bonbolo — gently.
* bir-bor — borborygmus; any rumbling noise
* bir-bir — around.
* biri-biri — call for ducks.
* birra-barra — suddenly.
* birri-barra — tp spread.
* birrin-birrin — buzzing.
* bitx-bitx — wee wee, pee pee.
* bix-bixean — throwing the ball to one another.
* bixilli-baxalla — to be naughty.
* blasta-blasta — melt down.
* blei-blei — soaked.
* bli-bli — swollen.
* bolo-bolo — spreading.
* bolon-bolon — sleeping.
* bon-bon — big spending.
* bor-bor — gushing, spurting.
* brenk — precipitous mountain.
* brika-brika — stride purposefully.
* brin-brau — walk hastily.
* bris-bris — twinkle, glitter.
* briu-brau — walk very fast.
* bru-bru — rumour.
* bun-bun — waste.
* burrun-burrun — bumble bee humming.

## D

* da-da — knock the door.
* dai-dai — going in a hurry.
* dal-dal — tremble.
* danba-danba — insistently, on and on.
* dank — tap, stroke
* dapa — have an idea suddenly.
* dar-dar — trembling.
* di-da — proceed drastically
* dil-dil — light tremble.
* dinbirri-danbarra — continuous drag.
* din-din — with difficulty.
* dir-dir — the sound of something sparkling or shiny.
* dis-dis — sparkle, sunbeam, gleam.
* diz-diz — sparkle, glow (stars).
* doi-doi — barely, hardly.
* draga-draga — in big gulps.
* drak — to stop suddenly.
* draka-draka — trot.
* drasta-drasta — count or pay by giving the money coin by coin.
* drungun-drungun — clumsily drink in big gulps.
* dui-dui — exactly
* dxxi — sound of a firework being launched.

### DZ

* dzast — throw something and put it into an opening or a corner.
* dzat — not to bounce the ball as a result of hitting the angle.
* dzauan-dzauan — walk slowly and swinging.
* dziko — the sound of hitting somebody in the chest.
* dzirrin-dzarran — sawing sound, squeak.
* dzirt-dzart — bim bam.
* dzist — gushing out water

## E

* eleka-meleka — chattering.
* enpi-enpi — walk with difficulty, trudge.
* enuxu-banuxu — slow at walking
* epen-epen — keep up with difficulty.
* erotetan-peroretan — without thinking
* erran-merran — gossiping.
* erre-merre — articulating the sound R wrongly
* esti — yaa! (cattle)
* estu-estu — nervously.
* et-et-et — exclamation used when somebody is in a difficult situation or to attract attention.
* etsi-etsian — as a last resort.
* eurt! — yaa! (cattle).

## F

* fara-fara — light motion (sails, birds, sweat running down...)
* farfal — very full dress
* far-fan — frivolous.
* far-far — rustling.
* farran-farran — spin clumsily.
* fistin-fastan — walk angrily.
* fil-fil-fil — fall down in circles and slowly.
* fili-fala — fray.
* fir-fir — murmur.
* firi-firi — soft breeze.
* firik-firiki — softly.
* firin-faran — walk aimlessly.
* firiri — rotative motion of an object thrown in the air.
* firri-farra — foolishly.
* fixti-faxta — stomp around in a rage.
* flisk-flask — crack, crackle, crash.
* fliu-fliu — long wave.
* flost — fall into water.
* fri-fri — whoosh, go across the air fast
* frink — not to keep one's word
* furra — call for hens.
* furrunta — sound the spinning wheel.

## G

* gal-gal — boiling, bubbling, gushing out.
* gan-gun — lazy person.
* gara-gara — caw, croak, honk.
* garamanazal — mature woman ready to marry the first one to appear.
* garra-garra — rolling around.
* geri-geri — groping in the dark.
* gexa-mexa — weak.
* gilin-gilin — sound of a cowbell.
* glaska-glaska — sound of gnawing.
* gli-gli — water murmur.
* glin-glan — wine poured in a bottle.
* glaska-glaska — sound of cutting hair.
* glok — to get upset stomach from something.
* glu-glu — swallow.
* gori-gori — red-hot, burning, incandescent.
* grik-grak — bone crackling.

## H

* hanka-hanka — one after another
* hapa-hapa — pant (breath with difficulty).
* harrikalanka — carry stones
* hasi-masi — basics, rudiments.
* hauka-mauka — profusely eating.
* hautsi-mautsi — from time to time.
* hezur-mezur — bits and scraps of bones and pork.
* hikili-mikili-klik — drink up in a gulp
* hinki-hanku — hobbling.
* hirrun-harrun — bickering.

## I

* ia-ia — almost.
* igiri-bigiri — otter.
* iji-aja — ridicule.
* ika-mika — quarrel, argument.
* ikertu-mikertu — hunt around for.
* ikusi-makusi — "I Spy" game.
* ikusle-mirusle — voyeur.
* ilun-milun — growing dark.
* indura-mandura — indecisive man.
* ingili-angala — sig of disgust and sadness.
* ingura-mingura — beat about the bush.
* intzire-mintzire — complaint.
* ipi-apa — in great detail.
* ipin-apan — carefully.
* iritzi-miritzi — tittle-tattle.
* irra — call for pigeons.
* irri-borro — rotative motion, quick and confusing.
* irri-irri — mocking laugh.
* irri-kar-kar — guffaw.
* irri-marra — throw money in christening ceremonies
* irri-mirri — weak.
* irri-murri — mischievous smile
* irrintzi — whoop of joy typical of Basque shepherds when they are in the mountains, and of Basque people in general
* irri-orro — smudge.
* isilka-misilka — whispering.
* iski-miski — trivialities.
* ito-ito — a big hurry.
* itsu-itsu — blindly.
* itx-atx — not a word.
* ixil-mixil — secret conversation.
* ixo — shhh, hush.
* izka-mizka — chattering whispering.
* izkutu-mizkutu — mystery
* izt — oi, call for attention

## J

* jai-jai — expression of skepticism.
* jarrai-marrai — steps of a procedure.
* jauzi-mauzi — prancing.
* jin-jun — twangy.
* jitipiti-jatapata — crawl

## K

* kaiku — wooden bowl for milk.
* kainka — cry of pain (of dogs being hit)
* kakamilikuri — cockatoo
* kako-mako — cunning argument, trickery.
* kala-kala — rhythmical noise.
* kalaka — millstone.
* kali-kola — poppy, weed in wheat.
* kank — sound of bouncing ball in Jai-Alai
* kanu-kanu — little by little.
* kar-kar-kar — guffaw; ha-ha-ha.
* kask — jolt, screech.
* katx-katx — call for sheep and cows.
* kax-kax — rat-a-tat-tat.
* kaz-kaz — expression for keeping away a cat.
* keinu-meinu — gesture, wink.
* ker-ker — in a straight line.
* ki-ki — hen's hiccups.
* kil-kil — coward, intimidated.
* kikili-kakala — staggering astride.
* kiki-mako — twist of rivers.
* kikirriki — multicoloured.
* kili-kili — tickles.
* kili-kolo — wobbling; unsure.
* kili-mili — slip away.
* kilin-kilin — swords fighting sound.
* kil-kil — cricket sound.
* kinki-kanka — trudge.
* kinkili-mankala — keep up with difficulty.
* kinkinka — jumping or rolling on the ends of a wooden log that rolls down the hill.
* kirik — hide-and-seek game.
* kirka-kirka — in bites
* kir-kir — joy, jubilation.
* kirri-karra — frog sound, croak.
* kirri-kirri — gnashing of teeth.
* kirri-marro — articulating R sound wrongly.
* kinkirrinka — champagne
* kisket — latch.
* kiski — central part in leather balls.
* kiskili-maskili — with difficulty.
* kitzi-kitzi — rummage.
* kixkil — trinket.
* klak — sound of unstacking.
* klaska — wolf down.
* klax-klax — scissors' sound
* kli-kli — insect's flight.
* klik-klik — cut hair.
* kluk — stop out of tiredness.
* klun — sound of liquid in a bottle.
* klun-klan — cot sound, to rock.
* kokolo-mokoli — idiot.
* koko-meko — indecisive.
* kokoriko — squatting, crouching.
* konkela-kaskala — carry a boy astride.
* korrok — belch.
* krak-krak — get drunk
* krik — drink buzz; if said to somebody, it is an invitation to do so, if the other person accepts, this one must say krak.
* kri-kra — strumming.
* krink-krank — griding.
* krisk — sound of breaking small things.
* kriskitin — castanet, snap
* kuka — strawman.
* kuku-marro — flat corncake filled with green cheese.
* kukurruku — cock-a-doodle-doo
* kulike-mulike — kitchen job.
* kulu-mulu — trifling.
* kuluxka — nap, siesta, light sleep.
* kun — rhythmical sound of a cradle/cot
* kunku — doorstop.
* kuñkuñkuño — full of fruit.
* kurrik — exclamation used by children when playing
* kurrin — pig grunt, oink.
* kurrun-kurrun — call for pigs.
* kuse-kuse — that precise moment
* kus-kur — a person with hunched shoulders
* kzzz — set the animals on somebody

## L

* laba-laba — (game) blind man's bluff.
* lafa-lafa — sound of dog gnawing.
* lala — tasteless.
* langet — hefty man.
* lapa-lapa — slurp down.
* lapatx — small snowflake.
* laprast — slip, slide
* lauodrio-maudorio — praises and flatteries, suck up to somebody.
* lepa-leba — sound of rough sea, roar
* lele — naive; for kids: milk (not maternal).
* lelo — "the same old story".
* lili — flower.
* lirin-laran — singing softly to oneself.
* lir-lar — sun glitter over a field.
* liruli — bird trill.
* lolo — sleep.
* lui — windward.
* lulu — dummy.
* luza-muza — put somebody off.

## M

* maila-maila — slow and peacefully.
* mailo-mailo — little by little.
* makaka-orro — roar of oxen.
* ma-la — land dragged by a torrent.
* ma-ma — drinking water or liquid.
* mamo — lice and fleas.
* mamor — bug insect.
* mamu — ghost, boogeyman.
* mar-mar — whispering, mumbling.
* mara-mara — snow softly and continuously.
* maro-maro — gradually.
* marra-marra — gulp down making noises.
* marru — bellowing, howling.
* marru-marru — voraciously, greedily.
* masta-masta — kissing.
* matanta — sluggish.
* matxar — big lips.
* mauka-mauka — eating voraciously.
* meka — twangy.
* mela-mela — completely soaked.
* meleka-meleka — eat without appetite.
* merro — weak and thin.
* mist — not a word
* miu — finicky.
* miz-miz — call for cats.
* mokoka — scold.
* mulu-mulu — whisper.
* mur-mur — murmur of water.
* mutx — with one arm.

## N

* nahasi-nahasi — chaos, mess.
* nahaste-borraste — confusion, mess
* nahi-mahi — wish.
* nar-nar — dull ache.
* ne-ne — (kids) milk.
* nikiki-nakaka — irritate.
* nir-nir — twinkle.
* nirro — with half closed eyes
* nunu — wet nurse.

## Ñ

* ñaka — dirty trick.
* ñan-ñan — yum-yum, (kids) to eat.
* ña-ña — (kids) cheese; food.
* ña-ñi — offering but not giving.
* ñasta-ñasta — eating without appetite.
* ñika — wink
* ñiki-ñiki — sound of having sex.
* ñiku-ñaku — hitting a bit, fighting for fun.
* ñimiño — teeny-weeny.
* ñiñika — iris.
* ñirro-ñarro — short-sighted.
* ñiski-ñaska — chewing.

## O

* ok — indigestion.
* op — call for challenge; expression of anger.
* opa-opa — offering.
* ospa — out!
* otx — expression of pain when burned or stuck with a needle
* ozta-ozta — with great difficulty.

## P

* pafa-pafa — puffing.
* palast — swish.
* palax-palax — walk step by step.
* pal-pak — harmful animal.
* pan — shoot, bang.
* panpa-panpa — hit continuously.
* pan-par — show-off.
* pan-pin — doll.
* papa — corn or flour bread.
* para-para — slide, glide.
* par-par — gushing out.
* parra-zirri — forced smile.
* part — thrown an object at a short distance.
* peto-peto — pure.
* pil-pill — glub-glub, slowly boiling.
* pin-per — reverse, back.
* pinpilinpauxa — butterfly
* pinpili-panpala — favourite
* pinpirin — elegant
* piran-piran — spend money little by little.
* piri-para — continuous and hectic succession of things.
* pirri — diarrhoea.
* piro-piro — boy's game: throwing a ball.
* pirrita — tumble, rolling down.
* pla-pla — coat (food, with egg and flour).
* plaust — sound of a heavy object falling.
* pli-pla — boom (fireworks).
* porrot — breakdown, failure.
* pottolo — chubby.
* prapapa-prapapa — speak quickly and continuously.
* pu — yuck!
* pulunp — splash.
* punpaka — bouncing.
* pupu — pain, hurt.
* purpur — spill.
* purpurka — slid down a slope.
* purra-purra — in abundance.
* purrust — liquid spill.
* purrut — fart
* purruzt — get annoyed
* puskala-muskala — blow
* puskila-muskila — DIY, small jobs
* putin — kick of a harassed horse
* putz — blow

## R

* ringi-ranga — strode.

## S

* saka-saka — shove.
* saltsa-maltsa — jumble.
* saplast — thud.
* sapa-sapa — transparent.
* sarasta — great shock
* sartada — sudden action, incision
* sast — inserting one object into another
* sast edo xist — burst; sting.
* satean-satean — frequently
* sauka-sauka — devour.
* sigi-saga — come and go zig-zagging
* sik eta sak — sharply
* siki-saka — non stop.
* siltsi-saltsa — helter-skelter, bolt
* sina-mina — gesture
* sino-mino — ceremonious
* sirrin-sarran — sound of sew
* sits — moth
* sistil — poor in nutrients
* sistrin — rachitic
* siu-siu — mole's noise
* siztun-saztun — sew clumsily
* so — whoa!, voice to stop animals
* sorki-morki — sew clumsily; a rough patch.
* sost — suddenly

## T

* tafla-tafla — splish-splash, wade.
* tak — sound of not very audible noises (heartbeat, pocket watch...); touch, tap.
* taka — quick action; sudden stop.
* taka-maka — groping
* taka-taka — toddling, walk slowly, in short and quick steps
* takian-takian — frequently, constantly
* tak-tak — tick-tock, clock sound
* talapats — swish, sound of a liquid moving inside a pitcher
* talast-talast — water shaking in a container
* talat — wet
* talka — bump, hit
* tal-tal — walk from one place to another
* tanga-tanga — sound of drops
* tank eta tink — punctually
* tankart — bucket in boats for bailing out
* tanka-tanka — coin by coin; step by step; drop by drop; rhythmical noise.
* tanpa — sound of falling
* tanpa-tanpa — walk with irregular steps
* tanta — drop
* tantaka — dripping
* tantal — big man
* tapla — little jumps when galloping or trotting
* tarabala — sound of a person falling down into the floor
* trabalako — fall and roll down the floor
* taraska — brazen woman
* taratata — expression of skepticism
* taratulo — drill
* tarranpantan — frying pan
* tarranta — unpleasant sound.
* tarrantantan — sound of a cartwheel moving
* tarrapada — spillage
* tarras — sticky
* tarrat — sound of clothing ripping
* tarra-tarra — drag
* tarrita — in an agitated state; make somebody anger; agitate
* tart — snap (a robe)
* tartaka — knotty wood
* tarteka-marteka — in one's free moments; in intervals.
* tarteka-tarteka — once in a while
* taska-taska — cry profusely
* tast — scorn
* tas-tas — spanking
* tat — suddenly
* tata — sound of scratching
* tatal — stammering
* tatan — youngest child
* tati — offering but not giving
* tauki — nod (sleeping)
* tauki-mauki — hammering
* taunk — hammering sound
* taun-taun — large wave.
* teke-meke — provoking.
* telent-telent — stand doing nothing.
* tenk — halt, stop.
* tente — upright.
* terreil-merreil — rebel, uncontrolled, unbridled.
* terren-terren — stubbornly.
* terrest-merrest — in any way.
* ter-ter — slowly, little by little.
* ter-ter-ter — in a straight line.
* tete — doggy.
* tetele — idiot.
* tetele-metele — without thinking.
* tifli-tafla — beating.
* tiki-taka — little by little, step by step.
* tilingo — worn out.
* tin — clang, metal sound.
* tinki-tanka — gulp
* tinta-minta — small details
* tintin — pulse
* tintirriña — baby's bottle
* tipirri-taparra — run with difficulty
* tipi-tapa — pitter-patter
* tir — cicada's song
* tira-tole — at will
* tira! — c'mon!
* tiribili-tarabala — fall and roll down
* tirin-kintan — tinkling
* tirri — gnashing of teeth
* tirri-tarra — farting
* tirriki-tarraka — lagging, straggling
* tirrin — electric ring
* tirrist-tarrast — plod
* tirrit — say "no" in disgust
* tiruri-tiruriru — sound of flute
* to — hey! (addressing males)
* tonk — get upset stomach from something, overdose on
* topa — toast, cheers
* torro-torroka — leapfrog, children's game
* tou-tou — call for cows
* traka-traka — walk, trot
* trank — slam, bang [door closing]
* trapala-trapala — gallop
* trata — clumsy movement of the spinning top
* trikitixa — dance and music from the Basque Country
* triki-traka — walk rhythmically
* trikun-trakuntza — gipsy con
* tringili-trangala — rattle
* trinka-trinka — press too much
* triska-traskatu — fight tooth and nail
* trisket — doorknocker
* trist — instant
* truskul — man with a malformation who walks clumsily, running into people
* truxala — rain buckets (a lot)
* tuf — yuck! expression of revulsion
* tuju-tuju — cough!
* tululu — a combination of three cards of equal value in the card game 31
* tulut — plug
* tunpa — loud blow
* tunpaka — jump in the air
* turlututu — no way
* turrusta — waterfall, cascade
* tururu — whistle made of plants
* turuta — small bugle
* tut — not a thing

## TT

* tta — yuck! (expression of disgust)
* ttaka-ttaka — taking baby steps
* ttakun-ttakun — sound of txalaparta
* ttara-ttara — drag little by little
* ttattik — expression used when somebody is deceived
* ttatto — get off
* tteke-meke — provoking
* tteke-tteke — slowly and peacefully
* ttinttin — handbell sound
* ttinttinrrin — liquor
* ttipi-ttapa — small step by step
* ttitt — get dressed
* ttok-ttok-ttok — small person looking around for something
* ttoporro — deformed animal
* ttotta — eau-de-vie;
* ttu — spit
* ttuki-ttuki — objection
* ttulun-ttulun — take it easily
* ttun-ttun — Basque instrument from Soule, psaltery
* ttunttur — Basque mardi-gras characters in Ituren and Zubieta (joaldunak)
* ttuntturro — carnival hat, worn by joaldunak
* ttur-ttur — shit of sheep

## TX

* txa — stop tapping
* txago — keep upright (of children)
* txainpa — woman's cry
* txak — short step
* txangot — sultry, stuffy weather
* txanpa — fast rowing regatas
* txanpan — rock the boats on the waves
* txanpon — coin
* txantol — wooden cat, tap for barrels
* txantxa — joke
* txantxulin — reckless
* txapar — small person
* txaplast — play ducks and drakes
* txapla-txapla — splash about barefoot
* txarakal — empty nut
* txart — swipe
* txart-txart — punish
* txatan-txatan — every step
* txeia — call for women
* txetxe — small child
* txi — roast
* txikili-txakala — walk slowly but with a firm step
* txikli-txoklo — clog
* txiko — call for young donkeys
* txil — cry, say uncle
* txilin-txilinera — throw nuts one by one
* txil-txil — simmer, slowly boil
* txin — coin, money
* txint — not a word
* txin-txin — clinking of coins
* txintxirri — rattle
* txintxo — good, loyal
* txio — chirp, tweet
* txipli-txapla — splash about
* txiri — shaving
* txirikonkila — carry a baby astride
* txirki-mirki — to be crossed with somebody
* txirlo — skittle
* txirri-mirri — insecure person, busybody
* txirrin — bell, buzzer, ring
* txirrist — slide
* txirrista — slide, tobbogan, sled
* txirtxilatu — explode, tear to pieces
* txir-txir — frying crackle
* txirula — flute
* txiska — trample
* txiska-miskaka — look for sweets
* txistu — Basque flute
* txita — chick
* txil-txil — willy, wee-wee
* txitxiri-bitxiri — bits and pieces, trinket
* txitxirri-patxarra — informality
* txiz — wee, pee
* txo! — call for attention, addressing boys
* txonbo — dive, dipping one's head in the water
* txongil — drinking jug with spout and handle (see botijo)
* txontxongilo — puppet
* txora-txora — drive mad
* txort — fuck, screw
* txost — in card game, answer to txist
* txotx — expression used in sagardotegis when a barrel is to be opened
* txu — spit
* txun-txun — small drum
* txurrun — curl up
* txurrut — sip
* txurrute-murrute — pub crawl
* txut — ouch!
* txutxu-mutxuka — whispering, saying secrets

## TZ

* tzintz — mucus
* tzipi-tzapa — baby crawl
* tzir-tzil — loose thread; unimportant thing or person
* tzonbor — log (tree)
* tzurruntzuntzun — rickety rickety
* tzur-tzur — laugh sarcastically

## U

* ufa — puff, expression of sadness
* uka-muka — doubt
* ulu — howl
* um — expression of distrust
* urku-murku — be up to no good
* urra-urra — call for hens
* urrutaka-urrutaka — by bargaining
* usa — whoa! (stop oxen)
* utx — expression of pain and surprise
* utz — flatulence
* ux — call to move away hens
* uzkur-muzkur — idle

## X

* xa — whoa! (oxen)
* xafla — slap
* xafla-xafla — hit rhythmically
* xaha-xaha — get undressed and wash the clothes
* xapi — away! (for cats)
* xarrast — scratch
* xarrata — mice squeak
* xast — do something quickly
* xehe-mehe — incidentally, in detail
* xiliparta-xalaparta — making a racket, a row
* ximur-xamur — wrinkle a bit
* xingar — pork, pig's flesh
* xingola-mingola — zigzag
* xinta-minta — whimpering, whining
* xintxar — mist
* xiribiri — violin
* xiriko-miriko — tempting
* xiri-miri — drizzle
* xirimola — hurricane
* xirin — diarrhea
* xirmi-xarma — spell, charm
* xirriki-xarraka — plod
* xirrit — dripping
* xirrizta — cry of pain
* xirro-marro — shepherd's game with six pebbles
* xirti-xarta — whipping
* xirto — pun, play of words
* xirurika — whoosh
* xist — quickly; instant
* xiu-xiu — sound of squirrels
* xista-mista — flash of lightning
* xixtrin — despicable
* xoko-moko — hidden places
* xotuz-xotuz — insisting
* xumli-xumla — abracadabra
* xurrut — sip, swig
* xurru-xurru — drink constantly

## Z

* za-za-za — speak fast
* zadura-badura — mishmash, jumble
* zafla — loud splash (water, mud)
* zaiki-paiki — shove
* zak — suddenly
* zaka-zaka — gulp down
* zalamala — tangle
* zalamandrana — ugly and scruffy woman
* zalantza-malantza — indecision
* zaldiko-maldiko — ride, merry-go-round, carousel
* zalko-zalko — astride
* zanbro — stinging, burning sensation
* zanga-zanga — drink clumsily
* zanpo — walk with the legs open
* zantzo — cheer, martial song
* zaparrada — downpour
* zapart — clash, clatter
* zapa-zapa — walk without stopping
* zaplast — sudden blow, shot
* zapotz — spigot, tap
* zaputz — insociable
* zarabanda — teeter-tooter
* zaraza — rain profusely
* zarko-marko — old crock
* zarra — walk on one's backside
* zarrantzantzan — cling-clang, metal things dragged
* zart — snap, break of a heavy object (metal, cristal)
* zar-zar — heavy rain
* zasta-zasta — pecking
* zauka-mauka — truly
* zausk — impression
* zaust — fit in easily
* zaxt — ravenously
* zehar-mehar — in both directions
* zeharo-meharo — completely
* zehats-mehatz — in great detail
* zelba-zelba — fresh
* zibli-zabla — double smack
* zikin-mikin — dirty
* zikirri-bakarra — fun-loving, busybody and clumpsy person
* zik-zak — spark
* zil — navel; umbilical cord
* zilin — weak
* zilintz — handbell
* zilin-zin-zin — not to know that to do
* zilio — scream
* zilipolot — shake a liquid in a container
* zilo-milo — holes and scratches
* ziltzi-maltza — mess
* zimel — wilted, shriveled, parched
* zimiko — sting, peck; pinch
* zimintx — hoop
* zimitz — bed bug
* zimur — wrinkle
* zin — oath, wow, promise
* zinbili-zanbula — tumbling, toppling
* zinbriki — tiny, teeny-weeny
* zinbunbuka — parade with small drums
* zinburrin — whistle, made of straw or branch bark
* zinburrun — alboka, single-reed woodwind instrument
* zinga-zinga — drink in gulps
* zingil — skinny
* zingilipurka — get drunk
* zingorro-mangorroka — stumbling, teetering
* zingo-zango — water tank
* zingulu-zangulu — shuffle
* zingun-zingun — with insistence
* zinguzango — crossbeam holding the bellow's at the blacksmith's
* zinka-minka — in earnest, putting a lot of effort
* zinki — seriously
* zinkulin-minkulin — in a finicky, squeamish way
* zinku-minku — whining
* zinkurin-minkurin — complaint, groan
* zinpiti-zanpata — fall down suddenly
* zinpi-zanpa — constantly punching
* zinpurdikatu — hang by the hands and moving legs and back
* zintz — blow one's nose; make a child blow his nose
* zintzarri — cowbell
* zintzo — honest, loyal
* zinzilo — gawky
* zipa — old small coin
* zipert egin — burst with spite
* ziperta — a tap, touch in the skull
* zipirri-zaparra — trudge, plod; blotch; wallop
* zipirt-zapart — throw punches left, right and centre
* zipi-zapa — wolfing down; pell-mell, helter-skelter
* zipla — exclamation of winning; dig, cutting remark
* zipli-zapla — slap
* zipot — belly
* zipri — lively
* zipriztin — splash
* zipunpa — rocket
* zira-bira — somersault
* zirgit egin — shudder
* zirika-mirika — pushing one's way through
* zirika-maraka — be busy with petty things
* zirikot — whey water
* ziri-mara — soft and continuous movement
* ziri-miri — drizzle
* zirimirola — whirlwind, twister
* zirin — guano, diarrhoea
* zirin-zirin — slide down a slope (as a game)
* ziripot — Basque Mardi Gras character in Lantz
* ziri-zara — glide; wriggle along
* zirki-miriki — get annoyed
* zirkin — propel
* zirkin-zarkin — walk from one place to another
* zirla — clam
* zirla-zarla — shoe's noise when walking clumsily
* zirra — profusion
* zirrazarra — sneeze
* zirri-marra — act without thinking
* zirriki-zarraka — scribble
* zirrimirri — Basque mythological character from Oiartzun
* zirrinta — dawn; ray, beam
* zirrin-zarran — drag a heavy object; expression used in card game mus when you get as many points as hamarrekos
* zirri-parra — work carelessly
* zirrist — slide; gushing out water
* zirris-zarras — sound of saw
* zirritaka — sound of red-hot-metal in contact with water
* zirri-zorro — heavy breathing; snore
* zirrizta — match a ball with a leather glove
* zirt edo zart — decisively; resolutely
* zirtako — snap
* zortziprikatu — beat a ball
* zirun-zarun — word used in Mus card game
* zirurika — spinning very fast
* ziski-naska — tangle, mess
* zist — escape, disappear suddenly
* zistu — speed, energy
* zitar — roasted
* zits — bare-legged
* zitzi — food; meat
* ziuli zaula — quick smacks
* zizipaza — lisp
* zizka-mizka — hors d'oeuvres
* zizki-mizki — trinket, detail
* zizo — blabbing
* zizpa — rifle
* zizt — sound made by an incision, a puncture
* zizti-zazta — sting several times
* ziztu — speed, quickness
* zoko-moko — nook, fold
* zonzon — idiot
* zoro-moro — to do something any old how
* zorran — gush out
* zorrotz — sharp; strict, severe
* zotin — hiccup
* zotz — expression used when refusing flatly
* zuist — quick and gliding movement
* zuku-zuku — suck, drink a liquid
* zunp — explosion, boom
* zunt — shut, locked
* zupust — insert something somewhere suddenly
* zurru eta purru — suck in, munch, crunch
* zurruburru — disagreement, quarrel
* zurrukutun — bread and cod soup
* zurrumurru — rumour; whisper
* zurrunbilo — whirlpool
* zurrunburrunka — confused, in disorder
* zurrunga — snore
* zurruntza — set somebody's teeth on edge
* zurrupita — big shower
* zurruputun — cod soup served in cider houses for sailors
* zurrut — absorbing, sipping
* zurrut eta purrut — in between sips
* zurru-zurru — in gulps
* zurt — to be alert
* zut — up!, straight
* zuzi — torch
* zuzumuzu — whispering