epai
Basque
Etymology
A variant of ebaki (“cut”), with loss of intervocalic /k/.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /epai̯/ [e.pai̯]
- Rhymes: -epai̯, -ai̯
- Hyphenation: e‧pai
Noun
epai inan
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | proximal plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | epai | epaia | epaiak | epaiok |
| ergative | epaik | epaiak | epaiek | epaiok |
| dative | epairi | epaiari | epaiei | epaioi |
| genitive | epairen | epaiaren | epaien | epaion |
| comitative | epairekin | epaiarekin | epaiekin | epaiokin |
| causative | epairengatik | epaiarengatik | epaiengatik | epaiongatik |
| benefactive | epairentzat | epaiarentzat | epaientzat | epaiontzat |
| instrumental | epaiz | epaiaz | epaiez | epaiotaz |
| innesive | epaitan | epaian | epaietan | epaiotan |
| locative | epaitako | epaiko | epaietako | epaiotako |
| allative | epaitara | epaira | epaietara | epaiotara |
| terminative | epaitaraino | epairaino | epaietaraino | epaiotaraino |
| directive | epaitarantz | epairantz | epaietarantz | epaiotarantz |
| destinative | epaitarako | epairako | epaietarako | epaiotarako |
| ablative | epaitatik | epaitik | epaietatik | epaiotatik |
| partitive | epairik | — | — | — |
| prolative | epaitzat | — | — | — |
Declension
Further reading
- “epai”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “epai”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Lingala
Noun
epai