habia
Basque
Alternative forms
- aabia, aafia, aapi, aapia, abira, afia, api, apia, aubi, gabia, habi, kabe, kabi, kabia, kafe, kafi, kafia, kafira (nonstandard)
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
- bird's nest
Declension
| 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
- ^ 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