Xemein

Basque

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃemei̯n/ [ʃe.mẽĩ̯n]
• Rhymes: -emei̯n
• Hyphenation: Xe‧mein

Proper noun

Xemein inan

1. A district of Markina-Xemein, Biscay, Basque Country, Spain.

Declension

Declension of Xemein (inanimate, ending in consonant)

	indefinite
absolutive	Xemein
ergative	Xemeinek
dative	Xemeini
genitive	Xemeinen
comitative	Xemeinekin
causative	Xemeinengatik
benefactive	Xemeinentzat
instrumental	Xemeinez
inessive	Xemeinen
locative	Xemeingo
allative	Xemeinera
terminative	Xemeineraino
directive	Xemeinerantz
destinative	Xemeinerako
ablative	Xemeindik
partitive	Xemeinik
prolative	Xemeintzat

Derived terms

• Markina-Xemein
• xemeindar

 

Descendants

• → Spanish: Jeméin

Further reading

• “145.- Bizkaiko herri izendegia [Toponymy of the villages of Biscay]”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Arauak, Euskaltzaindia, 2005