oinarri
Basque
Etymology
From oin (“foot”) + harri (“stone”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /oi̯nari/ [oi̯.na.ri]
- IPA(key): (Southern) /oɲari/ [o.ɲa.ri]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ari, -i
- Hyphenation: oi‧na‧rri
Noun
oinarri inan
- foundation, base
- (figurative) principle
- (economics) capital
- (linear algebra) basis
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | proximal plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | oinarri | oinarria | oinarriak | oinarriok |
| ergative | oinarrik | oinarriak | oinarriek | oinarriok |
| dative | oinarriri | oinarriari | oinarriei | oinarrioi |
| genitive | oinarriren | oinarriaren | oinarrien | oinarrion |
| comitative | oinarrirekin | oinarriarekin | oinarriekin | oinarriokin |
| causative | oinarrirengatik | oinarriarengatik | oinarriengatik | oinarriongatik |
| benefactive | oinarrirentzat | oinarriarentzat | oinarrientzat | oinarriontzat |
| instrumental | oinarriz | oinarriaz | oinarriez | oinarriotaz |
| innesive | oinarritan | oinarrian | oinarrietan | oinarriotan |
| locative | oinarritako | oinarriko | oinarrietako | oinarriotako |
| allative | oinarritara | oinarrira | oinarrietara | oinarriotara |
| terminative | oinarritaraino | oinarriraino | oinarrietaraino | oinarriotaraino |
| directive | oinarritarantz | oinarrirantz | oinarrietarantz | oinarriotarantz |
| destinative | oinarritarako | oinarrirako | oinarrietarako | oinarriotarako |
| ablative | oinarritatik | oinarritik | oinarrietatik | oinarriotatik |
| partitive | oinarririk | — | — | — |
| prolative | oinarritzat | — | — | — |
Derived terms
- oinarri hartu
- oinarri izan
- oinarri likidagarri
- oinarri-lege
- oinarridun (“based”)
- oinarritu (“to base”)
- oinarritze
- oinarrizko (“basic”)
Further reading
- “oinarri”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “oinarri”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005