Talk:Pottok
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[edit] Pronounciation
The Basque pronounciation would be poh-tohk with a palatalized t. Even poh-chohk. Is the -ee- a French pronounciation? --Error 00:39, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Meaning
Does it really mean "small horse"? -tt- is often a mark of a diminutive. But the usual word for horse is zaldi, not *potoka. --Error 00:39, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
- It's a race name. Small horse should be zalditxo or zaldisko. --Sugaar 17:03, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] pottoks in the pictures
I am from San Sebastian and I've seen pottoks various times, the last time some two months ago in the Artikutza park (near Aiako Harria and La Rhune) and frankly, I do not think these horses in the pictures are pottoks at all. Some times any little horse or ponny is called pottok in this area, as the very word pottoka conjures up a cute and chubby animal (or baby) in Basque. Genuine pottoks have an oversized belly almost to the ground and very short legs. Iñaki LL (talk) 21:16, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
- We are stuck with what's in wikipedia and wikimedia commons, and given that I have never seen the breed myself, feel free to find better free images and replace them. Or, if you can find some links to an official web site with non-free images with which to compare, I can take a look at the basic characteristics and do a comparison. (Heavens knows this would not be the first mislabeled photo in wikipedia, the number or gray horse photos called "white" horses is just scary...) Montanabw(talk) 18:29, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
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- Sorry for the delay, some genuine instances can be found in the following webs: http://blog.eitb.com/eguraldiblog/2007/10/17/pottokak-1/ and http://images.google.es/imgres?imgurl=http://www.euskonews.com/0244zbk/argazkiak/gaia24404_06.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.euskonews.com/0244zbk/gaia24404eu.html&h=286&w=360&sz=22&hl=es&start=4&um=1&tbnid=nml5EekJzxbAZM:&tbnh=96&tbnw=121&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dpottokak%26um%3D1%26hl%3Des%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26hs%3D75z%26sa%3DN
(third picture from top). I hope it helps to get the picture Iñaki LL (talk) 19:48, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
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- If you want to verify that they are free images (often they are not) and if so, upload them to wikimedia commons, that would be terrific. Shoot us a heads up with the image title if you do! Montanabw(talk) 04:28, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
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