Proto-Basque: *herći
Meaning: 1 tight, narrow, cramped 2 worried, exhausted 3 nasal congestion, catarrh 4 to close 5 to squeeze, press
Araban: itsi 4
Bizkaian: es-tu 1, 2, 3, (arc) itsi 4
Gipuzkoan: es-tu 1, 2, 3, itxi 4
High Navarrese: es-tu 1, 2, itxi 4, (Elkano) ertxi 4
Low Navarrese: hertsi, hetsi 1, 4, hers-tu 5
Lapurdian: hertsi, hetsi, hers-tu 1, 4
Baztanese: ertsi 4
Zuberoan: hertsi, hérsi 1, 4
Roncalese: ersi 1, ers-tu 5
Comments: For internal -r- cf. Proto-Lezghian: *ʡirč̣Vn- ( ~ ħ-) > Rutul =ir(i)č̣a- 'to press, squeeze'.
