ahate

Basque

Alternative forms

• agate (Biscayan)
• aate (Biscayan, Gipuzkoan, Upper Navarre, Salazarese)

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *anate, from Latin anatem (“duck”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ahate/ [a.ha.t̪e]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /ate/ [a.t̪e]

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  • Rhymes: -ate, -e
• IPA^(key): (Souletin) /aˈh̃ate/, [ãˈh̃ã.te]
• Hyphenation: a‧ha‧te

Noun

ahate anim

1. duck

Declension

Declension of ahate (anim V-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	ahate	ahatea	ahateak	ahateok
ergative	ahatek	ahateak	ahateek	ahateok
dative	ahateri	ahateari	ahateei	ahateoi
genitive	ahateren	ahatearen	ahateen	ahateon
comitative	ahaterekin	ahatearekin	ahateekin	ahateokin
causative	ahaterengatik	ahatearengatik	ahateengatik	ahateongatik
benefactive	ahaterentzat	ahatearentzat	ahateentzat	ahateontzat
instrumental	ahatez	ahateaz	ahateez	ahateotaz
inessive	ahaterengan	ahatearengan	ahateengan	ahateongan
locative	—	—	—	—
allative	ahaterengana	ahatearengana	ahateengana	ahateongana
terminative	ahaterenganaino	ahatearenganaino	ahateenganaino	ahateonganaino
directive	ahaterenganantz	ahatearenganantz	ahateenganantz	ahateonganantz
destinative	ahaterenganako	ahatearenganako	ahateenganako	ahateonganako
ablative	ahaterengandik	ahatearengandik	ahateengandik	ahateongandik
partitive	ahaterik	—	—	—
prolative	ahatetzat	—	—	—

Derived terms

• ahate buztanluze (“northern pintail”)
• ahate mokozabal (“northern shoveler”)
• ahate txistulari (“Eurasian wigeon”)
• ahate-bularki (“magret”)
• ahate-joko (“goose pulling”)
• ahate-papar (“magret”)
• ahateari igeri irakatsi (“to be a know-it-all”)
• ahatebeltz (“scoter”)
• ahatebeltz arrunt (“common scoter”)
• ahatebeltz hegalzuri (“velvet scoter”)
• ahateki (“duck meat”)
• ahatekume (“duckling”)
• ahatettipi (“Eurasian teal”)
• ahatetxo (“duckling”)

Further reading

• “ahate”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “ahate”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005