maite
Basque
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably a Celtic loan, compare Irish maith, Welsh and Breton mad, from Proto-Celtic *matis.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Adjective
[edit]maite (comparative maiteago, superlative maiteen, excessive maiteegi)
Declension
[edit]Declension of maite (adjective, ending in vowel)
Noun
[edit]maite anim
Usage notes
[edit]In the second sense, it is only found as the first component of compound words.
Declension
[edit]Declension of maite (animate, ending in vowel)
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | maite | maitea | maiteak |
| ergative | maitek | maiteak | maiteek |
| dative | maiteri | maiteari | maiteei |
| genitive | maiteren | maitearen | maiteen |
| comitative | maiterekin | maitearekin | maiteekin |
| causative | maiterengatik | maitearengatik | maiteengatik |
| benefactive | maiterentzat | maitearentzat | maiteentzat |
| instrumental | maitez | maiteaz | maiteez |
| inessive | maiterengan | maitearengan | maiteengan |
| locative | — | — | — |
| allative | maiterengana | maitearengana | maiteengana |
| terminative | maiterenganaino | maitearenganaino | maiteenganaino |
| directive | maiterenganantz | maitearenganantz | maiteenganantz |
| destinative | maiterenganako | maitearenganako | maiteenganako |
| ablative | maiterengandik | maitearengandik | maiteengandik |
| partitive | maiterik | — | — |
| prolative | maitetzat | — | — |
Derived terms
[edit]- maitatu (“to love”)
- maitatzaile (“lover”)
- maite egin (“to kiss, to caress”)
- maite izan (“to love”)
- maite-damu (“contrition”)
- maite-gar (“love, passion”)
- maite-historia (“love story”)
- maite-joko (“flirting”)
- maite-jolas (“flirting”)
- maite-kanta
- maite-maite egin (“to kiss, to caress”)
- maite-su (“love, passion”)
- maiteki (“lovingly”)
- maitekiro (“lovingly”)
- maitekor (“loving, nice”)
- maitemin (“infatuation”)
- maitemindu (“to fall in love”)
- maitetasun (“love”)
- maitetsu (“amorous, loving”)
- maitez (“affectionately, lovingly”)
References
[edit]- ^ “maite” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
Further reading
[edit]- “maite”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
- “maite”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly maittaa + -e. Coined by Finnish physician and philologist Elias Lönnrot for Flora Fennica (1860).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]maite
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of maite (Kotus type 48*C/hame, tt-t gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | maite | maitteet | |
| genitive | maitteen | maitteiden maitteitten | |
| partitive | maitetta | maitteita | |
| illative | maitteeseen | maitteisiin maitteihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | maite | maitteet | |
| accusative | nom. | maite | maitteet |
| gen. | maitteen | ||
| genitive | maitteen | maitteiden maitteitten | |
| partitive | maitetta | maitteita | |
| inessive | maitteessa | maitteissa | |
| elative | maitteesta | maitteista | |
| illative | maitteeseen | maitteisiin maitteihin | |
| adessive | maitteella | maitteilla | |
| ablative | maitteelta | maitteilta | |
| allative | maitteelle | maitteille | |
| essive | maitteena | maitteina | |
| translative | maitteeksi | maitteiksi | |
| abessive | maitteetta | maitteitta | |
| instructive | — | maittein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]maite
- past participle of maith
Noun
[edit]maite m
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| maite | mhaite | not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Khumi Chin
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]maite
- (transitive) to wipe
References
[edit]- K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin[1], Payap University, page 77
Louisiana Creole
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French maître (“master”).
Noun
[edit]maite
References
[edit]- Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales
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