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12:13 Mar 23, 2009
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Basque to English translations [PRO] Architecture
Basque term or phrase:una-baga, dos-biga, tres-higa
Sé que se refiere a una canción de Mikel Laboa pero no sé como traducirlo en inglés.
Estábamos enfrascados en la organización de nuestra fresneda entre pizarras cuando, súbitamente, vimos brotar nuevas ramas desde los troncos de los árboles, Rimbaud ha venido preguntando por Lizardi, pájaros errantes se han posado en las ramas de los fresnos, se han alineado éstos en ***una-baga, dos-biga, tres-higa**… filas y hemos sentido el alma de Mikel, cual pájaro libre, que ha escapado desde la jaula formada por las varas de fresno.
Hello there, I assume it is pretty late but maybe it is still buzzing you. It is indeed a direct reference to the song, the thing is that the song is a word play of the singer with the numbers in Basque and creating meaningless words with the first syllable of the number. 1 Bat (baga), 2 Bi (biga), 3 Hiru (higa), 4 Lau (laga), 5 Bost (boga)...
In this text the author is just matching-translating each word with its equivalent in Spanish.
Is the language pair really Basque to English? I found all the defintions in Spanish-English/Japanese dictionaries...
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A rope or cord with which the loads of beasts of burden are fastened, two two-wheeled tanks with two
Explanation: heads, three fist-shaped, amulets, charms, hung about the neck for preventing or curing disease or protecting the children from "mal de ojo".
Purely my guess, but I think the three definitions have a connection to each other.
Yasutomo Kanazawa Local time: 12:40 Works in field Native speaker of: Japanese
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