Proto-Basque: *śapa-r̄
Meaning: 1 bramble, thicket 2 brush, undergrowth 3 kermes oak 4 scrub of evergreen oak or holm oak 5 hedge, fence
Low Navarrese: sapar 1, saparr-ondo 1, (Amikuse) saphar 5
Salazarese: txaparro 4
Lapurdian: (Bardos) saphar 5
Roncalese: txapar 2, 3
Comments: A northeastern Bsq (Pyrenean) etymon. SAL and RNC forms with expressive palatal /č/. This word is the source of Spanish chaparro 'low bushy oak', chaparral 'oak thicket'.
