ahate
Basque
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Basque *anate, from Latin anatem (“duck”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ahate/ [a.ha.t̪e]
- IPA(key): (Southern) /ate/ [a.t̪e]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ate, -e
- IPA(key): (Souletin) /aˈh̃ate/, [ãˈh̃ã.te]
- Hyphenation: a‧ha‧te
Noun
ahate anim
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | proximal plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | ahate | ahatea | ahateak | ahateok |
| ergative | ahatek | ahateak | ahateek | ahateok |
| dative | ahateri | ahateari | ahateei | ahateoi |
| genitive | ahateren | ahatearen | ahateen | ahateon |
| comitative | ahaterekin | ahatearekin | ahateekin | ahateokin |
| causative | ahaterengatik | ahatearengatik | ahateengatik | ahateongatik |
| benefactive | ahaterentzat | ahatearentzat | ahateentzat | ahateontzat |
| instrumental | ahatez | ahateaz | ahateez | ahateotaz |
| innesive | ahaterengan | ahatearengan | ahateengan | ahateongan |
| locative | — | — | — | — |
| allative | ahaterengana | ahatearengana | ahateengana | ahateongana |
| terminative | ahaterenganaino | ahatearenganaino | ahateenganaino | ahateonganaino |
| directive | ahaterenganantz | ahatearenganantz | ahateenganantz | ahateonganantz |
| destinative | ahaterenganako | ahatearenganako | ahateenganako | ahateonganako |
| ablative | ahaterengandik | ahatearengandik | ahateengandik | ahateongandik |
| partitive | ahaterik | — | — | — |
| prolative | ahatetzat | — | — | — |
Derived terms
- ahate buztanluze (“northern pintail”)
- ahate mokozabal (“northern shoveler”)
- ahate txistulari (“Eurasian wigeon”)
- ahate-bularki (“magret”)
- ahate-joko (“goose pulling”)
- ahate-papar (“magret”)
- ahateari igeri irakatsi (“to be a know-it-all”)
- ahatebeltz (“scoter”)
- ahatebeltz arrunt (“common scoter”)
- ahatebeltz hegalzuri (“velvet scoter”)
- ahateki (“duck meat”)
- ahatekume (“duckling”)
- ahatettipi (“Eurasian teal”)
- ahatetxo (“duckling”)
References
- ^ R. L. Trask (2008), “ahate”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 72
Further reading
- “ahate”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “ahate”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005