habia

See also: Habia and había

Basque

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Basque *kabia, from Latin cavea (cavity, den, enclosure, cage).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /habia/ [ha.β̞i.a]
  • IPA(key): (Southern) /abia/ [a.β̞i.a]
  • Rhymes: -ia, -a
  • Hyphenation: ha‧bi‧a

Noun

habia inan

  1. bird's nest

Declension

Declension of habia (inan a-stem)
indefinite singular plural proximal plural
absolutive habia habia habiak habiok
ergative habiak habiak habiek habiok
dative habiari habiari habiei habioi
genitive habiaren habiaren habien habion
comitative habiarekin habiarekin habiekin habiokin
causative habiarengatik habiarengatik habiengatik habiongatik
benefactive habiarentzat habiarentzat habientzat habiontzat
instrumental habiaz habiaz habiez habiotaz
innesive habiatan habian habietan habiotan
locative habiatako habiako habietako habiotako
allative habiatara habiara habietara habiotara
terminative habiataraino habiaraino habietaraino habiotaraino
directive habiatarantz habiarantz habietarantz habiotarantz
destinative habiatarako habiarako habietarako habiotarako
ablative habiatatik habiatik habietatik habiotatik
partitive habiarik
prolative habiatzat

Derived terms

  • habia egin (to nest)

References

  1. ^ R. L. Trask (2008), “habia”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 75

Further reading

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

Spanish

Verb

habia

  1. misspelling of había
  2. obsolete spelling of había