Proto-Basque: *saku-r̄
Meaning: 1 dog 2 big dog 3 little dog, puppy
Bizkaian: txakur 1
Gipuzkoan: zakur 2, txakur 3, (Goierri) 1
High Navarrese: (Lezaka) zakur 1, 2, (Lezaka) xakur 3, txakur 3
Low Navarrese: xakur 3
Salazarese: zakur 2
Lapurdian: xakur 3
Baztanese: zakur 2, xakur, txakur 3
Zuberoan: txákür 3
Roncalese: zakur 2, xakur 3
Comments: *čakur̄ / *šakur̄ was originally the diminutive form, but has lost that connotation in some dialects and become the default word for 'dog'. With metathesis, cf. Sp. cachorro 'puppy', Port. cachorro 'dog' (hardly < Lat. catulus!).
