basamortu
Basque
Etymology
From basa- (“forest, wilderness”, combining form of baso) + mortu (“barren”).
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /bas̺amortu/ [ba.s̺a.mor.t̪u]
- Rhymes: -ortu, -u
- Hyphenation: ba‧sa‧mor‧tu
Noun
basamortu inan
- desert (barren area of land)
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | proximal plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | basamortu | basamortua | basamortuak | basamortuok |
| ergative | basamortuk | basamortuak | basamortuek | basamortuok |
| dative | basamorturi | basamortuari | basamortuei | basamortuoi |
| genitive | basamorturen | basamortuaren | basamortuen | basamortuon |
| comitative | basamorturekin | basamortuarekin | basamortuekin | basamortuokin |
| causative | basamorturengatik | basamortuarengatik | basamortuengatik | basamortuongatik |
| benefactive | basamorturentzat | basamortuarentzat | basamortuentzat | basamortuontzat |
| instrumental | basamortuz | basamortuaz | basamortuez | basamortuotaz |
| innesive | basamortutan | basamortuan | basamortuetan | basamortuotan |
| locative | basamortutako | basamortuko | basamortuetako | basamortuotako |
| allative | basamortutara | basamortura | basamortuetara | basamortuotara |
| terminative | basamortutaraino | basamorturaino | basamortuetaraino | basamortuotaraino |
| directive | basamortutarantz | basamorturantz | basamortuetarantz | basamortuotarantz |
| destinative | basamortutarako | basamorturako | basamortuetarako | basamortuotarako |
| ablative | basamortutatik | basamortutik | basamortuetatik | basamortuotatik |
| partitive | basamorturik | — | — | — |
| prolative | basamortutzat | — | — | — |
Declension
- basamortuko arrosa (“desert rose”)
- basamortutar (“desertic”)
- basamortutu (“to desert”)
- basamortutze (“desertification”)
Further reading
- “basamortu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “basamortu”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005