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Betreft: Spelling i/y (was Re: Same name)

From:Rob Nierse <rnierse@...>
Date:Thursday, April 13, 2000, 7:10
>>> FFlores <fflores@...> 04/12 7:45 >>>
Roger Mills <Rfmilly@...> wrote: <snip>
>Back on topic: >Down here I've seen Irizarri, but I have a friend whose last name >(Basque) is Jaureguiberry -- Basque seems to be fond of -rrV in >many words, which may account for many common despising words >ending in -rro and -rra in Spanish.
berri means 'new' in Basque. So Etxeberri/Etxebarri/Etxeberria means 'New house'. So maybe that also the meaning in Jaureguiberry. (I don't what jauregui is) Rob