astearte

From aste (“week”) +‎ arte (“between”), literally “middle of the week”. While some authors have interpreted this etymology as meaning that sometime in the past Basques used a three-day week, this seems unlikely, furthermore the expected form if this was an ancient compound would be *astarte, using the combining form asta-. Instead, it is probable that this term originated in relatively recent times, but the motivation of its etymology is unknown.^[1] See also astelehen (“Monday”, literally “beginning of the week”) and asteazken (“Wednesday”, literally “end of the week”).

• IPA^(key): /as̺tearte/ [as̺.t̪e.ar.t̪e]

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• Rhymes: -arte
• Hyphenation: as‧te‧ar‧te

astearte inan

1. Tuesday

   Synonym: martitzen

• (days of the week) asteko egunak; astelehen, astearte, asteazken, ostegun, ostiral, larunbat, igande ^{(Category: eu:Days of the week)}

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