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Etymology

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From Proto-Basque, borrowed from Latin Latin episcopus with metathesis and influence from apez (priest).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (most dialects) /apes̻piku/ [a.pes̻.pi.ku]
  • IPA(key): (Biscayan) /apes̺piku/ [a.pes̺.pi.ku]

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  • Rhymes: -iku, -u
  • Hyphenation: a‧pez‧pi‧ku

Noun

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apezpiku anim

  1. (Christianity) bishop

Declension

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Further reading

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