kemen

Basque

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kemen/ [ke.mẽn]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -emen, -en
  • Hyphenation: ke‧men

Noun

kemen inan

  1. energy
  2. courage

Declension

Declension of kemen (inan C-stem)
indefinite singular plural proximal plural
absolutive kemen kemena kemenak kemenok
ergative kemenek kemenak kemenek kemenok
dative kemeni kemenari kemenei kemenoi
genitive kemenen kemenaren kemenen kemenon
comitative kemenekin kemenarekin kemenekin kemenokin
causative kemenengatik kemenarengatik kemenengatik kemenongatik
benefactive kemenentzat kemenarentzat kemenentzat kemenontzat
instrumental kemenez kemenaz kemenez kemenotaz
innesive kemenetan kemenean kemenetan kemenotan
locative kemenetako kemeneko kemenetako kemenotako
allative kemenetara kemenera kemenetara kemenotara
terminative kemenetaraino kemeneraino kemenetaraino kemenotaraino
directive kemenetarantz kemenerantz kemenetarantz kemenotarantz
destinative kemenetarako kemenerako kemenetarako kemenotarako
ablative kemenetatik kemenetik kemenetatik kemenotatik
partitive kemenik
prolative kementzat

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • kementsu
  • kemengabe

Further reading

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

Middle English

Verb

kemen

  1. alternative form of kemben