esku

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1.

a. Anat. ( oro. ) hand; ekarri \esku! give me your hand!; \eskuari eragin to wave one's hands

b. ( animaliena ) paw

c. [ izenen aurrean ] hand-, manual, handi-; pocket-; \eskulan handiwork; \esku hiztegi pocket dictionary

d. (irud.) ahotik \eskura ad-libbing; \esku bika with both hands; \esku beteak ditu to be experienced | to have seen a thing or two \esku biekin jantzi dress up ; \eskua eman to give up ; i-i \eskua eman to shake sb's hand ; i-i \eskua {eman || luzatu} to give sb a hand; \eskua hartu to take sb's hand ; \eskua luzatu i. to stretch one's hand ii. (irud.) to lay one's hand; \eskua luzatzen badiozu, ikusiko duzu if you lay a hand on him you'll see what happens; besteenganako sentiberatasuna da handitu behar dugun gaitasunetako bat, eta, horretarako, \eskua luzatu behar diogu, eta bihotza ukitu lagun hurkoari one of the talents that needs to be greatly magnified is sensitivity to others, and this involves reaching out and touching another heart; \eskua sartu to intervene; ezin dugu \eskua sartu arazo horretan we cannot intervene in that matter ; \eskuak ezarri to lay one's hands ( gainean: on ) ; \esku-\eskuan at one's reach ; \eskuan dirua cash \eskuan erosi to pay cash for ; \eskuan ordaindu to pay in cash; \eskuan zuloa du Kir. he's got butterfingers | he's always missing the ball; \eskutik \eskura from hand to hand; \eskutik \eskurako tabako contraband tobacco; e-r \eskutik utzi to let go of sth ; \eskuz aldatu to change hands; \eskuz egin to make ... by hand, handmake; eskuz \esku from hand to hand ; \eskuz jo to punch; \esku artean on one; \esku artean duzun zeregina bukatutakoan when you're finished that matter at hand; ez da inor aterako hemen \esku arteko lana amaitu arte nobody is leaving here until the work we've got at hand is finished

2. ( irismena ) reach; \eskutik hurrun out of reach; \eskumenean within one's reach

3. generosity; \esku laburra izan to be stingy; \esku zabal generosity; \esku zabalez generously

4.

a. ( ahalmena ) power, authority; i-i \esku eman to authorize sb; i-i \eskua kendu to strip sb of authority; \esku handiko gizona a powerful man ; \esku luzeak ditu he's got far-reaching powers ; \esku dut zuen gainean I'm over you ; noraino heltzen dira lehendakari baten \eskuak? what are the limits to the president's powers? ; horretan ez zuen \eskurik he had no authority over that; ez du lurralde honetan \eskurik he has no jurisdiction over this territory

b. (-(r)en) zure \esku da it's up to you | it depends on you

c. ( kontrola ) control; etsaien \eskuetan erori zen hiria the city fell into enemy hands | the city fell under enemy control; \esku onetan dago it's in good hands; herrialdea armadaren \esku dago the territory is under army control

d. ( baimena ) authorization, permission, consent \eskurik gabe without {authorization || permission}

e. ( hautakizuna, aukera ) prerogative

5.

a. ( erantzukizuna ) reponsibility; horretan ez dut \eskurik I'm not {answerable to || responsible for} that; eginkizun hori Supermanen \esku {jarri || utzi} zuten that task was left to Superman ; eginkizun hori bere \esku hartu zuen he took it upon himself to do that task

b. etorkizuna zure \esku dago the future is up to you

6. Kartak. dealer; nork du \esku? who's dealing? | whose deal is it?

7.

a. (idazkera ) handwriting ; \esku ederra beautiful handwriting

b. nire \eskuaz idatzi nuen I wrote it by my own hand

8. Nekaz. detail ; zazpiko \eskua a work detail of seven