hiru

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Basque

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Basque numbers (edit)
30
 ←  2 3 4  → 
    Cardinal: hiru
    Ordinal: hirugarren
    Multiplier: hirukoitz
    Distributive: hiruna
    Collective: hirukote
    Fractional: heren

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Possibly from Proto-Basque *(h)iluŕ (three). Often compared with Iberian ilun (three).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /hiɾu/ [hi.ɾu]
  • IPA(key): (Southern) /iɾu/ [i.ɾu]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -iɾu
  • Hyphenation: hi‧ru

Numeral

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hiru

  1. three

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Orduña A., Eduardo (2011) “Los numerales ibéricos y el protovasco [Iberian numerals and Proto-Basque]”, in Veleia[1] (in Spanish), volume 28, pages 125–139

Further reading

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  • hiru”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
  • hiru”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
  • hiru” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

Japanese

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Romanization

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hiru

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ひる
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ヒル