# itsaso
## Basque
### Alternative forms

* itsas (combining form)
* itzaso, itxaso (dialectal, diminutive)
* ichasso, itsasso (obsolete)

### Etymology

First attested in 1545 as ichasso, from Proto-Basque *itsaso.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /it͡s̺as̺o/ [i.t͡s̺a.s̺o]
* IPA: (most dialects) /it͡s̺as̺o/ [i.t͡s̺a.s̺o]
* IPA: (Biscayan) /it͡s̻as̺o/ [i.t͡s̻a.s̺o]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -as̺o
* Hyphenation: i‧tsa‧so

### Noun

itsaso inan
* sea
** 1545, Bernard Etxepare, Linguae Vasconum Primitiae [First fruits of the language of the Basques]‎, Eusklatzaindia, published 1995, →ISBN, page 54:Ichaſſoac ez yraungui erachequi dadina[Itxasoak ez iraungi eratxeki dadina]The sea could not put out [any fire] it started

#### Derived terms

* itsas aingira (“European conger”)
* itsas armada (“navy”)
* itsas arrain
* itsas arrano (“white-tailed eagle”)
* itsas arrantza
* itsas azal (“sea surface”)
* itsas barakuilu (“sea snail”)
* itsas barraskilo (“sea snail”)
* itsas barru (“open sea”)
* itsas belar (“seagrass”)
* itsas dortoka (“sea turtle”)
* itsas erdi (“open sea”)
* itsas gain (“sea surface”)
* itsas gaztaina (“horse chestnut”)
* itsas gaztainondo (“horse chestnut tree”)
* itsas handi (“open sea”)
* itsas hegi (“coast”)
* itsas hondar (“bottom of the sea”)
* itsas hondo (“bottom of the sea”)
* itsas hondo (“bottom of the sea”)
* itsas igaraba (“sea otter”)
* itsas izar (“starfish”)
* itsas kabra (“red scorpionfish”)
* itsas korronte (“ocean current”)
* itsas lakatz (“sea urchin”)
* itsas lehoi (“sea lion”)
* itsas lore
* itsas maila (“sea level”)
* itsas mihilu (“rock samphire”)
* itsas milia (“nautical mile”)
* itsas oilar (“four-spot megrim”)
* itsas orro
* itsas otso (“seal”)
* itsas pinu (“maritime pine”)
* itsas portu (“harbor”)
* itsas suge (“moray eel”)
* itsas triku (“sea urchin”)
* itsas txakur (“seal”)
* itsas txori
* itsas uhin (“wave”)
* itsas zabal (“open sea”)
* itsas zaldi (“seahorse”)
* itsas zapo (“monkfish”)
* itsasadar (“estuary”)
* itsasalde (“coastland”)
* itsasaldi (“tide”)
* itsasargi (“lighthouse”)
* itsasarte (“strait”)
* itsasbazter
* itsasbehera (“low tide”)
* itsasbide (“seaway”)
* itsasertz (“coast”)
* itsasgabe (“landlocked”)
* itsasgizon (“seaman”)
* itsasgora (“high tide”)
* itsasgune
* itsasikara (“seaquake”)
* itsasketa (“traveling by ship”)
* itsaski (“seafood”)
* itsaskirri
* itsaslabar (“cliff”)
* itsaslamina (“siren”)
* itsaslapur (“pirate”)
* itsaslapurreta (“piracy”)
* itsaslaster (“ocean current”)
* itsasmutil (“sea boy”)
* itsasoa hautsi (“to travel across the sea”)
* itsasondo (“coast”)
* itsasondoar (“coastal”)
* itsasontzi (“ship”)
* itsasontzigintza (“shipbuilding”)
* itsasontziratu (“to board a ship”)
* itsasora irten (“to go out to the sea”)
* itsasoratu (“to go out to the sea”)
* itsasorratz (“nautical compass”)
* itsasozain (“coastal guard”)
* itsaspe (“bottom of the sea”)
* itsaspekari (“diver”)
* itsaspeko (“submarine”)
* itsasperatu (“to submerge”)
* itsastar (“sailor”)
* itsastatu (“to travel by ship”)
* itsasturi (“sailor”)

### Further reading

* “itsaso”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
* “itsaso”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005