Proto-Basque: *gai / *e=kai
Meaning: 1 thing 2 material, subject 3 project, idea 4 worthy, able
Bizkaian: gei 1 (arc.), 2, 4
Gipuzkoan: gai 2, 4
High Navarrese: gai 2
Low Navarrese: gai 2, 4, ekhai, ekhei 2
Salazarese: ekei, ekei-gai 2
Lapurdian: gai 2, ekhai 2, ekhei-gai 2
Zuberoan: gei 2, 3, ekhéi 2
Roncalese: gei 2, ekei, ekei-gai 2
Comments: As a suffix -gai, -gei denotes ‘material for (something); person/ thing suitable or destined for (sth.)’, e.g. irakur-gai 'reading material, ezkon-gai, sen(h)ar-gei 'husband-material, fiancé'. After the fossilized prefix *e= the velar is unvoiced. Cf. PNC *q̇_wăjē 'thing(s), possession(s), household'.
