mahai
Basque
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Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Basque *banai, via an intermediate form *manai. Other possible reconstructions include *banane.[1]
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /mahai̯/ [ma.hai̯]
- IPA(key): (Southern) /mai̯/ [mai̯]
- Rhymes: -ahai̯
- Rhymes: -ai̯
- Hyphenation: ma‧hai
Noun
[edit]mahai inan
Declension
[edit]Declension of mahai (inanimate, ending in vowel)
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | mahai | mahaia | mahaiak |
| ergative | mahaik | mahaiak | mahaiek |
| dative | mahairi | mahaiari | mahaiei |
| genitive | mahairen | mahaiaren | mahaien |
| comitative | mahairekin | mahaiarekin | mahaiekin |
| causative | mahairengatik | mahaiarengatik | mahaiengatik |
| benefactive | mahairentzat | mahaiarentzat | mahaientzat |
| instrumental | mahaiz | mahaiaz | mahaiez |
| inessive | mahaitan | mahaian | mahaietan |
| locative | mahaitako | mahaiko | mahaietako |
| allative | mahaitara | mahaira | mahaietara |
| terminative | mahaitaraino | mahairaino | mahaietaraino |
| directive | mahaitarantz | mahairantz | mahaietarantz |
| destinative | mahaitarako | mahairako | mahaietarako |
| ablative | mahaitatik | mahaitik | mahaietatik |
| partitive | mahairik | — | — |
| prolative | mahaitzat | — | — |
References
[edit]- ^ “mahai” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
Further reading
[edit]- “mahai”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
- “mahai”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005