elkarlan

Basque

FWOTD – 9 October 2012

Etymology

From elkar (each other) +‎ lan (work).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /elkarlan/ [el.kar.lãn]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -arlan, -an
  • Hyphenation: el‧kar‧lan

Noun

elkarlan inan

  1. teamwork, cooperation
    • 2009, Luis Baraizarra, transl., Vatikanoko II. Kontzilio Ekumenikoa, University of Deusto, →ISBN, page 515:
      Koordinazio eta elkarlan handiagotik emaitza on-onak jasoko dira, batez ere Institutu akademikoen arloan.
      Greater coordination and cooperation will yield excellent results, particularly regarding academic institutions.

Inflection

Declension of elkarlan (inan C-stem)
indefinite singular plural proximal plural
absolutive elkarlan elkarlana elkarlanak elkarlanok
ergative elkarlanek elkarlanak elkarlanek elkarlanok
dative elkarlani elkarlanari elkarlanei elkarlanoi
genitive elkarlanen elkarlanaren elkarlanen elkarlanon
comitative elkarlanekin elkarlanarekin elkarlanekin elkarlanokin
causative elkarlanengatik elkarlanarengatik elkarlanengatik elkarlanongatik
benefactive elkarlanentzat elkarlanarentzat elkarlanentzat elkarlanontzat
instrumental elkarlanez elkarlanaz elkarlanez elkarlanotaz
innesive elkarlanetan elkarlanean elkarlanetan elkarlanotan
locative elkarlanetako elkarlaneko elkarlanetako elkarlanotako
allative elkarlanetara elkarlanera elkarlanetara elkarlanotara
terminative elkarlanetaraino elkarlaneraino elkarlanetaraino elkarlanotaraino
directive elkarlanetarantz elkarlanerantz elkarlanetarantz elkarlanotarantz
destinative elkarlanetarako elkarlanerako elkarlanetarako elkarlanotarako
ablative elkarlanetatik elkarlanetik elkarlanetatik elkarlanotatik
partitive elkarlanik
prolative elkarlantzat

Further reading

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