gauenara
Basque
Alternative forms
- gau-iñara, gau-inhara, maiñari
Etymology
From gau (“night”) + enara (“swallow, swift”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡau̯enaɾa/ [ɡau̯.e.na.ɾa], (also) /ɡabenaɾa/ [ɡa.β̞e.na.ɾa]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -aɾa, -a
- Hyphenation: gau‧e‧na‧ra
Noun
gauenara anim
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | proximal plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | gauenara | gauenara | gauenarak | gauenarok |
| ergative | gauenarak | gauenarak | gauenarek | gauenarok |
| dative | gauenarari | gauenarari | gauenarei | gauenaroi |
| genitive | gauenararen | gauenararen | gauenaren | gauenaron |
| comitative | gauenararekin | gauenararekin | gauenarekin | gauenarokin |
| causative | gauenararengatik | gauenararengatik | gauenarengatik | gauenarongatik |
| benefactive | gauenararentzat | gauenararentzat | gauenarentzat | gauenarontzat |
| instrumental | gauenaraz | gauenaraz | gauenarez | gauenarotaz |
| innesive | gauenararengan | gauenararengan | gauenarengan | gauenarongan |
| locative | — | — | — | — |
| allative | gauenararengana | gauenararengana | gauenarengana | gauenarongana |
| terminative | gauenararenganaino | gauenararenganaino | gauenarenganaino | gauenaronganaino |
| directive | gauenararenganantz | gauenararenganantz | gauenarenganantz | gauenaronganantz |
| destinative | gauenararenganako | gauenararenganako | gauenarenganako | gauenaronganako |
| ablative | gauenararengandik | gauenararengandik | gauenarengandik | gauenarongandik |
| partitive | gauenararik | — | — | — |
| prolative | gauenaratzat | — | — | — |
Further reading
- “gauenara”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “gauenara”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005