ekain

Basque

Etymology

Compound of eki (“sun”) +‎ gain (“top”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ekai̯n/ [e.kãĩ̯n]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ekai̯n, -ai̯n
  • Hyphenation: e‧kain

Noun

ekain inan

  1. June (sixth month of the Gregorian calendar)
    Synonyms: arramaiatz (Soule), bagil (Biscayan), ereiaro (Labourd, Upper Navarre), garagarril (Gipuzkoan, Upper Navarre)
  2. solstice (Can we verify(+) this sense?)

Declension

Declension of ekain (inan C-stem)
indefinite singular plural proximal plural
absolutive ekain ekaina ekainak ekainok
ergative ekainek ekainak ekainek ekainok
dative ekaini ekainari ekainei ekainoi
genitive ekainen ekainaren ekainen ekainon
comitative ekainekin ekainarekin ekainekin ekainokin
causative ekainengatik ekainarengatik ekainengatik ekainongatik
benefactive ekainentzat ekainarentzat ekainentzat ekainontzat
instrumental ekainez ekainaz ekainez ekainotaz
innesive ekainetan ekainean ekainetan ekainotan
locative ekainetako ekaineko ekainetako ekainotako
allative ekainetara ekainera ekainetara ekainotara
terminative ekainetaraino ekaineraino ekainetaraino ekainotaraino
directive ekainetarantz ekainerantz ekainetarantz ekainotarantz
destinative ekainetarako ekainerako ekainetarako ekainotarako
ablative ekainetatik ekainetik ekainetatik ekainotatik
partitive ekainik — — —
prolative ekaintzat — — —

See also

Gregorian calendar months: gregoriar egutegiaren hilakedit

References

  1. ^ R. L. Trask (2008), “ekain”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 166

Further reading

  • “ekain”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
  • “ekain”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Finnish

Numeral

ekain

  1. genitive plural of eka

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