tindagai
Basque
Etymology
From tindatu (“to dye”) + gai (“substance, matter”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tindaɡai̯/ [t̪ĩn̪.d̪a.ɣ̞ai̯]
- Rhymes: -aɡai̯, -ai̯
- Hyphenation: tin‧da‧gai
Noun
tindagai inan
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | proximal plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | tindagai | tindagaia | tindagaiak | tindagaiok |
| ergative | tindagaik | tindagaiak | tindagaiek | tindagaiok |
| dative | tindagairi | tindagaiari | tindagaiei | tindagaioi |
| genitive | tindagairen | tindagaiaren | tindagaien | tindagaion |
| comitative | tindagairekin | tindagaiarekin | tindagaiekin | tindagaiokin |
| causative | tindagairengatik | tindagaiarengatik | tindagaiengatik | tindagaiongatik |
| benefactive | tindagairentzat | tindagaiarentzat | tindagaientzat | tindagaiontzat |
| instrumental | tindagaiz | tindagaiaz | tindagaiez | tindagaiotaz |
| innesive | tindagaitan | tindagaian | tindagaietan | tindagaiotan |
| locative | tindagaitako | tindagaiko | tindagaietako | tindagaiotako |
| allative | tindagaitara | tindagaira | tindagaietara | tindagaiotara |
| terminative | tindagaitaraino | tindagairaino | tindagaietaraino | tindagaiotaraino |
| directive | tindagaitarantz | tindagairantz | tindagaietarantz | tindagaiotarantz |
| destinative | tindagaitarako | tindagairako | tindagaietarako | tindagaiotarako |
| ablative | tindagaitatik | tindagaitik | tindagaietatik | tindagaiotatik |
| partitive | tindagairik | — | — | — |
| prolative | tindagaitzat | — | — | — |
Derived terms
- otxar tindagai (“common madder”)
Further reading
- “tindagai”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]