mehe
Basque
Etymology
From Proto-Basque *bene.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /mehe/ [me.he]
- IPA(key): (Southern) /me/ [me]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ehe, -e
- Rhymes: -e
- Hyphenation: me‧he
Adjective
mehe (comparative meheago, superlative meheen, excessive meheegi)
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | proximal plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | mehe | mehea | meheak | meheok | |
| ergative | mehek | meheak | meheek | meheok | |
| dative | meheri | meheari | meheei | meheoi | |
| genitive | meheren | mehearen | meheen | meheon | |
| comitative | meherekin | mehearekin | meheekin | meheokin | |
| causative | meherengatik | mehearengatik | meheengatik | meheongatik | |
| benefactive | meherentzat | mehearentzat | meheentzat | meheontzat | |
| instrumental | mehez | meheaz | meheez | meheotaz | |
| innesive | anim. | meherengan | mehearengan | meheengan | meheongan |
| inan. | mehetan | mehean | meheetan | meheotan | |
| locative | anim. | — | — | — | — |
| inan. | mehetako | meheko | meheetako | meheotako | |
| allative | anim. | meherengana | mehearengana | meheengana | meheongana |
| inan. | mehetara | mehera | meheetara | meheotara | |
| terminative | anim. | meherenganaino | mehearenganaino | meheenganaino | meheonganaino |
| inan. | mehetaraino | meheraino | meheetaraino | meheotaraino | |
| directive | anim. | meherenganantz | mehearenganantz | meheenganantz | meheonganantz |
| inan. | mehetarantz | meherantz | meheetarantz | meheotarantz | |
| destinative | anim. | meherenganako | mehearenganako | meheenganako | meheonganako |
| inan. | mehetarako | meherako | meheetarako | meheotarako | |
| ablative | anim. | meherengandik | mehearengandik | meheengandik | meheongandik |
| inan. | mehetatik | mehetik | meheetatik | meheotatik | |
| partitive | meherik | — | — | — | |
| prolative | mehetzat | — | — | — | |
References
- ^ R. L. Trask (2008), “mehe”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 286
Further reading
- “mehe”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “mehe”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Estonian
Noun
mehe
- genitive singular of mees