ttantta
Basque
FWOTD – 2 December 2023
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /canca/ [cãɲ.ca]
- Rhymes: -anca, -a
- Hyphenation: ttan‧tta
Etymology 1
From tanta (“drop”), with expressive palatalization.
Noun
ttantta inan
- (literally and figuratively) droplet
- 1976, Jon Mirande, Jon Miranderen idazlan hautatuak, Mensajero, →ISBN, page 183:
- Mutil zintzo-zintzo izan arren, ttantta bat neurritik kanpo edan zuela aitortu behar da.
- Despite the fact that he was a very formal boy, one must admit that he had drunk a bit too much.
- shot (small serving of alcohol)
- Synonym: ttotta
- 1967, Martin Itziar, Larraundi'ko sendia, Itxaropena Argitaldaria, page 66:
- […] ekarriko diat ttanttanakin akeit bero beroa.
- […] I'll bring you a hot coffee with a shot [of liquor].
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | proximal plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | ttantta | ttantta | ttanttak | ttanttok |
| ergative | ttanttak | ttanttak | ttanttek | ttanttok |
| dative | ttanttari | ttanttari | ttanttei | ttanttoi |
| genitive | ttanttaren | ttanttaren | ttantten | ttantton |
| comitative | ttanttarekin | ttanttarekin | ttanttekin | ttanttokin |
| causative | ttanttarengatik | ttanttarengatik | ttanttengatik | ttanttongatik |
| benefactive | ttanttarentzat | ttanttarentzat | ttanttentzat | ttanttontzat |
| instrumental | ttanttaz | ttanttaz | ttanttez | ttanttotaz |
| innesive | ttanttatan | ttanttan | ttanttetan | ttanttotan |
| locative | ttanttatako | ttanttako | ttanttetako | ttanttotako |
| allative | ttanttatara | ttanttara | ttanttetara | ttanttotara |
| terminative | ttanttataraino | ttanttaraino | ttanttetaraino | ttanttotaraino |
| directive | ttanttatarantz | ttanttarantz | ttanttetarantz | ttanttotarantz |
| destinative | ttanttatarako | ttanttarako | ttanttetarako | ttanttotarako |
| ablative | ttanttatatik | ttanttatik | ttanttetatik | ttanttotatik |
| partitive | ttanttarik | — | — | — |
| prolative | ttanttatzat | — | — | — |
Etymology 2
Borrowed from French tante, with expressive palatalization.
Noun
ttantta anim
- (Northern, familiar) aunt
- 2001, Emile Larre, Ene artzain-etxolak[1], Auspoa Liburutegia, page 211:
- Etorri zen etorri gure ttantta alargundua 1951ko ekainaren 29 hartako xuxen: bere haurretan gazteena zuen Mari-Angele 17 urtekoarekin.
- Our widowed aunt arrived on June 29, 1951 like this: with the youngest of her children, seventeen-year-old Mari-Angele.
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | proximal plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | ttantta | ttantta | ttanttak | ttanttok |
| ergative | ttanttak | ttanttak | ttanttek | ttanttok |
| dative | ttanttari | ttanttari | ttanttei | ttanttoi |
| genitive | ttanttaren | ttanttaren | ttantten | ttantton |
| comitative | ttanttarekin | ttanttarekin | ttanttekin | ttanttokin |
| causative | ttanttarengatik | ttanttarengatik | ttanttengatik | ttanttongatik |
| benefactive | ttanttarentzat | ttanttarentzat | ttanttentzat | ttanttontzat |
| instrumental | ttanttaz | ttanttaz | ttanttez | ttanttotaz |
| innesive | ttanttarengan | ttanttarengan | ttanttengan | ttanttongan |
| locative | — | — | — | — |
| allative | ttanttarengana | ttanttarengana | ttanttengana | ttanttongana |
| terminative | ttanttarenganaino | ttanttarenganaino | ttanttenganaino | ttanttonganaino |
| directive | ttanttarenganantz | ttanttarenganantz | ttanttenganantz | ttanttonganantz |
| destinative | ttanttarenganako | ttanttarenganako | ttanttenganako | ttanttonganako |
| ablative | ttanttarengandik | ttanttarengandik | ttanttengandik | ttanttongandik |
| partitive | ttanttarik | — | — | — |
| prolative | ttanttatzat | — | — | — |
Further reading
- “ttantta”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “ttantta”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005