/baɪ/

• 1  prep. (used after a passive) [agent] -k

  a poem by Nathaniel Hawthorne: Nathaniel Hawthornek egindako olerkia

• 2  prep. [means] -z

  to pay by cheque: txekez ordaindu

  to travel by plane: hegazkinez bidaiatu

• 3  prep. [manner] -tan, -pean

  they had to work by candlelight: kandelaren argipean egin behar izan zuten lan

• 4  prep. [beside] (-en) ondoan, (-en) alboan, (-en) aldamenean

  by the door: ate ondoan

  by my house: nire etxearen aldamenean

• 5  prep. aurretik

  we drove by your factory: zure lantegi aurretik pasatu gara

• 6  prep. [through] -tik

  we came home by the garage: garajetik etorri gara etxera

• 7  prep. [hold sth] -tik

  I held her by the hand: eskutik heldu nion

• 8  prep. [according to] -en arabera

• 9  prep. [time] -rako; jadanik, jada, honezkero

  I start working by six: seietarako lanean hasten naiz

  they should be there by now: honezkero helduko ziren

• 10  prep. [multiplying or dividing] bider; zati

  3 multiplied by 2 equals 6: 3 bider 2 sei da

  12 divided by 2 equals 6: 12 zati 2 berdin 6