tontor
Basque
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tontor/ [t̪õn̪.t̪or]
- Rhymes: -ontor, -or
- Hyphenation: ton‧tor
Noun
tontor inan
- peak, summit, tip
- Synonym: gailur
- 1966, “Ikusi Mendizaleak”, Sabino Lopez de Gereñok (lyrics):
- Ikusi mendizaleak / Baso eta zelaiak / Mendi tontor gainera / Igo behar dugu.
- Look mountaineers / The forests and fields / To the mountain's summit / We must climb.
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | proximal plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | tontor | tontorra | tontorrak | tontorrok |
| ergative | tontorrek | tontorrak | tontorrek | tontorrok |
| dative | tontorri | tontorrari | tontorrei | tontorroi |
| genitive | tontorren | tontorraren | tontorren | tontorron |
| comitative | tontorrekin | tontorrarekin | tontorrekin | tontorrokin |
| causative | tontorrengatik | tontorrarengatik | tontorrengatik | tontorrongatik |
| benefactive | tontorrentzat | tontorrarentzat | tontorrentzat | tontorrontzat |
| instrumental | tontorrez | tontorraz | tontorrez | tontorrotaz |
| innesive | tontorretan | tontorrean | tontorretan | tontorrotan |
| locative | tontorretako | tontorreko | tontorretako | tontorrotako |
| allative | tontorretara | tontorrera | tontorretara | tontorrotara |
| terminative | tontorretaraino | tontorreraino | tontorretaraino | tontorrotaraino |
| directive | tontorretarantz | tontorrerantz | tontorretarantz | tontorrotarantz |
| destinative | tontorretarako | tontorrerako | tontorretarako | tontorrotarako |
| ablative | tontorretatik | tontorretik | tontorretatik | tontorrotatik |
| partitive | tontorrik | — | — | — |
| prolative | tontortzat | — | — | — |
Further reading
- “tontor”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “tontor”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005