ahaldun

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Basque[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From ahal (might, power) +‎ -dun.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ahaldun/ [a.hal̪.d̪ũn]
  • IPA(key): (Southern) /aldun/ [al̪.d̪ũn]
  • Rhymes: -aldun
  • Hyphenation: a‧hal‧dun

Adjective[edit]

ahaldun (comparative ahaldunago, superlative ahaldunen, excessive ahaldunegi)

  1. powerful

Declension[edit]

Noun[edit]

ahaldun anim

  1. deputy
  2. councillor, minister (head of a department in the government of a Basque province)

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Further reading[edit]

  • "ahaldun" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • ahaldun” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus