taupada
Basque
Etymology
From taupa (“onomatopoeia of heartbeat”) + -da.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tau̯pada/ [t̪au̯.pa.ð̞a]
- Rhymes: -ada, -a
- Hyphenation: tau‧pa‧da
Noun
taupada inan
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | proximal plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | taupada | taupada | taupadak | taupadok |
| ergative | taupadak | taupadak | taupadek | taupadok |
| dative | taupadari | taupadari | taupadei | taupadoi |
| genitive | taupadaren | taupadaren | taupaden | taupadon |
| comitative | taupadarekin | taupadarekin | taupadekin | taupadokin |
| causative | taupadarengatik | taupadarengatik | taupadengatik | taupadongatik |
| benefactive | taupadarentzat | taupadarentzat | taupadentzat | taupadontzat |
| instrumental | taupadaz | taupadaz | taupadez | taupadotaz |
| innesive | taupadatan | taupadan | taupadetan | taupadotan |
| locative | taupadatako | taupadako | taupadetako | taupadotako |
| allative | taupadatara | taupadara | taupadetara | taupadotara |
| terminative | taupadataraino | taupadaraino | taupadetaraino | taupadotaraino |
| directive | taupadatarantz | taupadarantz | taupadetarantz | taupadotarantz |
| destinative | taupadatarako | taupadarako | taupadetarako | taupadotarako |
| ablative | taupadatatik | taupadatik | taupadetatik | taupadotatik |
| partitive | taupadarik | — | — | — |
| prolative | taupadatzat | — | — | — |
Derived terms
- taupada-markagailu (“pacemaker”)
- taupadaka (“beating”)
Further reading
- “taupada”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “taupada”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005