erdara
Basque
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Contains the suffix -era (“language”). The first element is uncertain, possibilities include erdi (“half”) and erdu (“to come, to arrive”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]erdara inan
Declension
[edit]Declension of erdara (inanimate, singular only, ending in -a)
| indefinite | singular | |
|---|---|---|
| absolutive | erdara | erdara |
| ergative | — | erdarak |
| dative | — | erdarari |
| genitive | — | erdararen |
| comitative | — | erdararekin |
| causative | — | erdararengatik |
| benefactive | — | erdararentzat |
| instrumental | erdaraz | erdaraz |
| inessive | — | erdaran |
| locative | — | — |
| allative | — | — |
| terminative | — | — |
| directive | — | — |
| destinative | — | — |
| ablative | — | — |
| partitive | erdararik | — |
| prolative | erdaratzat | — |
Derived terms
[edit]- ahuntz-erdara
- erdaldun (“non-Basque speaker”)
- erdaldundu
- erdalkeria
- erdaltzale
- erdaltzaletasun
- erdaltzaletu
- erdara gaizto
- erdara mordoilo
- erdarakada (“barbarism”)
- erdaratu (“to translate into a language other than Basque”)
- erdaratzaile
- zapo-erdara
Further reading
[edit]- “erdara”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
- “erdara”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005