Proto-Basque: *ordu (*o=rdu)
Meaning: 1 time 2 hour 3 occasion
Bizkaian: ordu 1, 2
Gipuzkoan: ordu 2
High Navarrese: ordu 2
Low Navarrese: ordu 2
Lapurdian: ordu 2
Zuberoan: ordu 2, 3
Roncalese: ordu 2
Comments: Origin from Lat. ordō ‘line, row, series, order’ has been suggested but is problematic. Cf. instead PNC *ƛăjV 'time, day', Burushaski *j=ult 'time, right moment', *b=ultu 'day', with Bsq *-rd- in regular correspondence with PNC *ƛ and Bur *-lt-.
