/waɪ/

• 1  adv. zergatik

  why did you lie to me?: zergatik esan zenidan gezurra?

  why not?: zergatik ez?

  I don't know why he left: ez dakit zergatik joan den

• 2  pron. -en arrazoia

  that's why she did it: horrexegatik egin zuen

  there are several reasons why he left: arrazoi asko direla medio joan da

  there's no reason why you can't come: ez duzu ez etortzeko arrazoirik

• 3  n. zergati, arrazoi, zio

  the whys and wherefores of sth: zerbaiten zergatiak, arrazoiak, zioak

• 4  excl. hara! to! alajaina!

  why Jane, it's you!: hara, Jane, zu zara eta!