amaginarreba

Basque

Etymology

Perhaps from ama (“mother”) +‎ ginarreba (“parent-in-law”), see aitaginarreba (“father-in-law”) for more details.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /amaɡinareba/ [a.ma.ɣ̞i.na.re.β̞a]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /amaɡiɲareba/ [a.ma.ɣ̞i.ɲa.re.β̞a]

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• Rhymes: -eba
• Hyphenation: a‧ma‧gi‧na‧rre‧ba

Noun

amaginarreba anim

1. mother-in-law

Declension

Declension of amaginarreba (animate, ending in -a)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	amaginarreba	amaginarreba	amaginarrebak
ergative	amaginarrebak	amaginarrebak	amaginarrebek
dative	amaginarrebari	amaginarrebari	amaginarrebei
genitive	amaginarrebaren	amaginarrebaren	amaginarreben
comitative	amaginarrebarekin	amaginarrebarekin	amaginarrebekin
causative	amaginarrebarengatik	amaginarrebarengatik	amaginarrebengatik
benefactive	amaginarrebarentzat	amaginarrebarentzat	amaginarrebentzat
instrumental	amaginarrebaz	amaginarrebaz	amaginarrebez
inessive	amaginarrebarengan	amaginarrebarengan	amaginarrebengan
locative	—	—	—
allative	amaginarrebarengana	amaginarrebarengana	amaginarrebengana
terminative	amaginarrebarenganaino	amaginarrebarenganaino	amaginarrebenganaino
directive	amaginarrebarenganantz	amaginarrebarenganantz	amaginarrebenganantz
destinative	amaginarrebarenganako	amaginarrebarenganako	amaginarrebenganako
ablative	amaginarrebarengandik	amaginarrebarengandik	amaginarrebengandik
partitive	amaginarrebarik	—	—
prolative	amaginarrebatzat	—	—

Derived terms

• amaginarrebakide (“co-mother-in-law”)

 

Related terms

• aitaginarreba (“father-in-law”)

 

See also

• errain (“daughter-in-law”)
• koinata (“sister-in-law”)
• koinatu (“brother-in-law”)
• suhi (“son-in-law”)

 

Further reading

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