meatze
Basque
Etymology
From mea (“mineral, ore”) + -tze.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meat͡s̻e/ [me.a.t͡s̻e]
- Rhymes: -ats̻e, -e
- Hyphenation: me‧a‧tze
Noun
meatze inan
- mine (excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken)
- Synonyms: meatoki, meategi
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | proximal plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | meatze | meatzea | meatzeak | meatzeok |
| ergative | meatzek | meatzeak | meatzeek | meatzeok |
| dative | meatzeri | meatzeari | meatzeei | meatzeoi |
| genitive | meatzeren | meatzearen | meatzeen | meatzeon |
| comitative | meatzerekin | meatzearekin | meatzeekin | meatzeokin |
| causative | meatzerengatik | meatzearengatik | meatzeengatik | meatzeongatik |
| benefactive | meatzerentzat | meatzearentzat | meatzeentzat | meatzeontzat |
| instrumental | meatzez | meatzeaz | meatzeez | meatzeotaz |
| innesive | meatzetan | meatzean | meatzeetan | meatzeotan |
| locative | meatzetako | meatzeko | meatzeetako | meatzeotako |
| allative | meatzetara | meatzera | meatzeetara | meatzeotara |
| terminative | meatzetaraino | meatzeraino | meatzeetaraino | meatzeotaraino |
| directive | meatzetarantz | meatzerantz | meatzeetarantz | meatzeotarantz |
| destinative | meatzetarako | meatzerako | meatzeetarako | meatzeotarako |
| ablative | meatzetatik | meatzetik | meatzeetatik | meatzeotatik |
| partitive | meatzerik | — | — | — |
| prolative | meatzetzat | — | — | — |
Derived terms
- meatzari (“miner”)
- meatzari-talde
- meatzaritza (“mining, the mining industry”)
- meatzaritza-lan (“working, tilling a mine”)
- meatze-aho (“entrance to a mine”)
Further reading
- “meatze”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “meatze”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005