ahalke
Basque
Alternative forms
- ãhãlke (Soule)
- ahalge (Navarro-Lapurdian)
Etymology
ahal (“power”) + -ge (“contraction of gabe (“without”)”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ahalke/ [a.hal.ke]
- IPA(key): (Southern) /alke/ [al.ke]
- Rhymes: -alke, -e
- Hyphenation: a‧hal‧ke
Noun
ahalke inan
- (Northern, Upper Navarre) shame
- Synonym: lotsa (Southern)
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | proximal plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | ahalke | ahalkea | ahalkeak | ahalkeok |
| ergative | ahalkek | ahalkeak | ahalkeek | ahalkeok |
| dative | ahalkeri | ahalkeari | ahalkeei | ahalkeoi |
| genitive | ahalkeren | ahalkearen | ahalkeen | ahalkeon |
| comitative | ahalkerekin | ahalkearekin | ahalkeekin | ahalkeokin |
| causative | ahalkerengatik | ahalkearengatik | ahalkeengatik | ahalkeongatik |
| benefactive | ahalkerentzat | ahalkearentzat | ahalkeentzat | ahalkeontzat |
| instrumental | ahalkez | ahalkeaz | ahalkeez | ahalkeotaz |
| innesive | ahalketan | ahalkean | ahalkeetan | ahalkeotan |
| locative | ahalketako | ahalkeko | ahalkeetako | ahalkeotako |
| allative | ahalketara | ahalkera | ahalkeetara | ahalkeotara |
| terminative | ahalketaraino | ahalkeraino | ahalkeetaraino | ahalkeotaraino |
| directive | ahalketarantz | ahalkerantz | ahalkeetarantz | ahalkeotarantz |
| destinative | ahalketarako | ahalkerako | ahalkeetarako | ahalkeotarako |
| ablative | ahalketatik | ahalketik | ahalkeetatik | ahalkeotatik |
| partitive | ahalkerik | — | — | — |
| prolative | ahalketzat | — | — | — |
Further reading
- “ahalke”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “ahalke”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005