Une formation lexicale insolite en gascon de Chalosse: [´sektǝ] “sécheresse”

Abstract

The map 110 "dryness" of the Linguistic Atlas of the Gascony shows, among other phenomenon, the existence of a different lexical formation in four towns of the "Chalosse", a region in The Landes clase to the Basque Country: that is the type ['sekta], derivative of the adjective [sek], "dry", as the other types -sequer, sequera, secada, secareça- but using an atonic suffix that cannot have a Latin-Roman origin, and that we identify very naturally with the abstract Basque suffix -te, as in idorte, "dryness", derivative of idor, "dry", from the neighbouring Basque speaking towns. This hybrid formation represent for us, not only the opportunity to remark a fact of an exceptional interference -as if the Basque language uses sometimes Roman suffixes, the inverse was not yet remarked-, but also to stop for a while in the nature and value of the mentioned Basque suffix, to which we should, in our opinion, bring near not only -ta but also -tze/-tza (or also -z), as well as -del-da, whose general sense of "processus" is oriented, according to the different derivations and the dialectic regions, towards resultant values (verbal noun, collectives) or purely grammatical (pluralisation in the verbal inflexion as in the nominal): this kind of analysis shows the way towards other similar studies and we consider it of a great importance among the perspective of a complete revision of the morphological mine of the language.