modu
See also: Appendix:Variations of "modu"
Basque
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin modus (“measure, manner”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /modu/ [mo.ð̞u]
- Rhymes: -odu, -u
- Hyphenation: mo‧du
Noun
modu inan
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | proximal plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | modu | modua | moduak | moduok |
| ergative | moduk | moduak | moduek | moduok |
| dative | moduri | moduari | moduei | moduoi |
| genitive | moduren | moduaren | moduen | moduon |
| comitative | modurekin | moduarekin | moduekin | moduokin |
| causative | modurengatik | moduarengatik | moduengatik | moduongatik |
| benefactive | modurentzat | moduarentzat | moduentzat | moduontzat |
| instrumental | moduz | moduaz | moduez | moduotaz |
| innesive | modutan | moduan | moduetan | moduotan |
| locative | modutako | moduko | moduetako | moduotako |
| allative | modutara | modura | moduetara | moduotara |
| terminative | modutaraino | moduraino | moduetaraino | moduotaraino |
| directive | modutarantz | modurantz | moduetarantz | moduotarantz |
| destinative | modutarako | modurako | moduetarako | moduotarako |
| ablative | modutatik | modutik | moduetatik | moduotatik |
| partitive | modurik | — | — | — |
| prolative | modutzat | — | — | — |
Derived terms
- modu berean (“in the same way”)
- modu on (“modesty”)
- modu onean (“appropriately”)
- modu oneko (“appropriate”)
- modu onez (“appropriately”)
- modu txarrean
- modua egin
- moduan (“like, in the manner of”)
- moduko (“similar”)
- modura (“like, in the manner of”)
- modutsu
- moduz
- moduzko
- moduzkotasun
- moduztatu
- zer moduz (“how are you?”)
Further reading
- “modu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “modu”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Slovene
Noun
modu
- dative/locative singular of modo