erdara
Basque
Alternative forms
Etymology
Contains the suffix -era (“language”). The first element is uncertain, possibilities include erdi (“half”) and erdu (“to come, to arrive”).
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /erdaɾa/ [er.ð̞a.ɾa]
- Rhymes: -aɾa, -a
- Hyphenation: er‧da‧ra
Noun
erdara inan
Declension
| indefinite | singular | |
|---|---|---|
| absolutive | erdara | erdara |
| ergative | — | erdarak |
| dative | — | erdarari |
| genitive | — | erdararen |
| comitative | — | erdararekin |
| causative | — | erdararengatik |
| benefactive | — | erdararentzat |
| instrumental | erdaraz | erdaraz |
| innesive | — | erdaran |
| locative | — | erdarako |
| allative | — | erdarara |
| terminative | — | erdararaino |
| directive | — | erdararantz |
| destinative | — | erdararako |
| ablative | — | erdaratik |
| partitive | erdararik | — |
| prolative | erdaratzat | — |
Derived terms
- ahuntz-erdara
- erdaldun (“non-Basque speaker”)
- erdaldundu
- erdalkeria
- erdaltzale
- erdaltzaletasun
- erdaltzaletu
- erdara gaizto
- erdara mordoilo
- erdarakada (“barbarism”)
- erdaratu (“to translate into a language other than Basque”)
- erdaratzaile
- zapo-erdara
Further reading
- “erdara”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “erdara”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005