porru

Basque

Etymology

Eventually from Latin porrum (“leek”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /poru/ [po.ru]
  • Rhymes: -oru, -u
  • Hyphenation: po‧rru

Noun

porru inan

  1. leek

Declension

Declension of porru (inan V-stem)
indefinite singular plural proximal plural
absolutive porru porrua porruak porruok
ergative porruk porruak porruek porruok
dative porruri porruari porruei porruoi
genitive porruren porruaren porruen porruon
comitative porrurekin porruarekin porruekin porruokin
causative porrurengatik porruarengatik porruengatik porruongatik
benefactive porrurentzat porruarentzat porruentzat porruontzat
instrumental porruz porruaz porruez porruotaz
innesive porrutan porruan porruetan porruotan
locative porrutako porruko porruetako porruotako
allative porrutara porrura porruetara porruotara
terminative porrutaraino porruraino porruetaraino porruotaraino
directive porrutarantz porrurantz porruetarantz porruotarantz
destinative porrutarako porrurako porruetarako porruotarako
ablative porrutatik porrutik porruetatik porruotatik
partitive porrurik — — —
prolative porrutzat — — —

Derived terms

  • kuku-porru (“foxglove”)
  • porru eginda (“battered”)
  • porru-hazi (“profit”)
  • porru-landare (“leek plant”)
  • porru-patata (“leeks with potatoes”)
  • porruak landatzera bidali (“to tell someone to take a long walk on a short pier”)
  • porruak landatzera joan (“take a long walk on a short pier”)
  • porruak lerrokatzera bidali (“to tell someone to take a long walk on a short pier”)
  • porruak lerrokatzera joan (“take a long walk on a short pier”)
  • porrusalda (“leek soup”)

References

  1. ^ R. L. Trask (2008), “porru”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 330

Further reading

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