mahai

Basque

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *banai, via an intermediate form *manai. Other possible reconstructions include *banane.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /mahai̯/ [ma.hai̯]
  • IPA(key): (Southern) /mai̯/ [mai̯]
  • Rhymes: -ahai̯, -ai̯
  • Rhymes: -ai̯
  • Hyphenation: ma‧hai

Noun

mahai inan

  1. table

Declension

Declension of mahai (inan V-stem)
indefinite singular plural proximal plural
absolutive mahai mahaia mahaiak mahaiok
ergative mahaik mahaiak mahaiek mahaiok
dative mahairi mahaiari mahaiei mahaioi
genitive mahairen mahaiaren mahaien mahaion
comitative mahairekin mahaiarekin mahaiekin mahaiokin
causative mahairengatik mahaiarengatik mahaiengatik mahaiongatik
benefactive mahairentzat mahaiarentzat mahaientzat mahaiontzat
instrumental mahaiz mahaiaz mahaiez mahaiotaz
innesive mahaitan mahaian mahaietan mahaiotan
locative mahaitako mahaiko mahaietako mahaiotako
allative mahaitara mahaira mahaietara mahaiotara
terminative mahaitaraino mahairaino mahaietaraino mahaiotaraino
directive mahaitarantz mahairantz mahaietarantz mahaiotarantz
destinative mahaitarako mahairako mahaietarako mahaiotarako
ablative mahaitatik mahaitik mahaietatik mahaiotatik
partitive mahairik — — —
prolative mahaitzat — — —

References

  1. ^ R. L. Trask (2008), “mahai”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 278

Further reading

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