oheratu

== Basque == === Etymology === From ohe (“bed”) +‎ -ra (“to”, allative suffix) +‎ -tu (verbal suffix). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Southern) /oeɾatu/, [o̞.e̞.ɾa.t̪u] IPA(key): (Northern) /oheɾatu/, [o̞.ɦe̞.ɾa.t̪u] === Verb === oheratu ? (imperfect participle oheratzen, future participle oheratuko, short form ohera, verbal noun oheratze) to go to bed, lie down Bera oso goiz oheratu zen. ― He went to bed very early. Oheratu nahi duzu? ― Do you want to lie down? to sleep with, have sex with (with a comitative noun phrase or pronoun) Zurekin oheratu nahi du. ― He wants to sleep with you. to sleep together, have sex, make love (with a plural subject, and, usually, elkarrekin, "with each other") Ez dakit zergatik ez ginen inoiz elkarrekin oheratu. ― I don't know why we never slept together. === Further reading === “oheratu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language] “oheratu”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005