erreka
Basque
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably borrowed from Occitan arrèc, ultimately from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia or Proto-Celtic *ɸrikā (“furrow”). Compare Catalan rec and Galician rego.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]erreka inan
- stream, brook
- (Northern) irrigation ditch
- (Northern) valley
- (figurative, only in certain expressions) misery, poverty, bankruptcy
Declension
[edit]Declension of erreka (inanimate, ending in -a)
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | erreka | erreka | errekak |
| ergative | errekak | errekak | errekek |
| dative | errekari | errekari | errekei |
| genitive | errekaren | errekaren | erreken |
| comitative | errekarekin | errekarekin | errekekin |
| causative | errekarengatik | errekarengatik | errekengatik |
| benefactive | errekarentzat | errekarentzat | errekentzat |
| instrumental | errekaz | errekaz | errekez |
| inessive | errekatan | errekan | erreketan |
| locative | errekatako | errekako | erreketako |
| allative | errekatara | errekara | erreketara |
| terminative | errekataraino | errekaraino | erreketaraino |
| directive | errekatarantz | errekarantz | erreketarantz |
| destinative | errekatarako | errekarako | erreketarako |
| ablative | errekatatik | errekatik | erreketatik |
| partitive | errekarik | — | — |
| prolative | errekatzat | — | — |
Derived terms
[edit]- erreka-haize (“southern wind”)
- erreka-laino (“low-lying fog”)
- erreka-txori (“wagtail”)
- erreka-zintzur (“gorge”)
- erreka-zulo (“ravine, valley”)
- errekagune (“thalweg”)
- errekako esamesak (“well-known proverbs”)
- errekalde (“area close to a stream”)
- errekan (“ruined, bankrupt”)
- errekara (“bound for ruin or bankruptcy”)
- errekaratu (“to get close to a stream, to go bankrupt”)
- errekarri (“pebble”)
- errekasto (“small stream”)
- errekatik atera (“to recover from poverty”)
- errekatxindor (“Cetti's warbler”)
Further reading
[edit]- “erreka”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
- “erreka”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
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- Basque terms borrowed from Occitan
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- Basque terms derived from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia
- Basque terms derived from Proto-Celtic
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- Rhymes:Basque/eka
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