ezkutu

I.

[from Lat. "scutum"] iz.

1. ( erredola ) shield; burdinazko \ezkutu batekin babestuz protecting himself with an iron shield

2. ( diruaren izena ) escudo

II.

iz.

1. ( leku ezkutua ) hiding place, hideaway, hideout; \ezkutuan dago he's hiding out; \ezkututik irtenda having emerged from his hiding place; \ezkuturik ezkutuean egin ditugunak aterako ditu argitara He shall reveal the things we have done in the strictest secrecy

2. ( gauza ezkutua ) secret, mystery; gure hizkuntzaren \ezkutuak mendean zenituen you had a command of the secrets of our language; guztiek omen dute \ezkuturen bat all of them are said to have some kind of secret; izadiaren \ezkutuak the mysteries of nature io.

1. hidden, inaccessible, unreachable, remote; leku \ezkutu batean in an inaccessible place; etxe \ezkutu batean gorderik hiding away in a secluded house

2. altxor \ezkutua buried treasure

3. ( jakite ) occult; jakite \ezkutuaren jabe ziren they possessed occult knowledge

4. ( sekretua ) secret; " Leturiaren egunkari \ezkutua " "the secret diary of Leturia"