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From afari (“dinner”) +‎ -du (verbal suffix).

• IPA(key): /afaldu/ [a.fal̪.d̪u]
• Rhymes: -aldu, -u
• Hyphenation: a‧fal‧du

afaldu da/du (imperfect participle afaltzen, future participle afalduko, short form afal, verbal noun afaltze)

1. to have dinner

• Takes transitive auxiliaries in the South and intransitive ones in the North.
• R. L. Trask (2008), “afaldu”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 77
• “afaldu”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
• “afaldu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]