aukera

Basque

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /au̯keɾa/ [au̯.ke.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Hyphenation: au‧ke‧ra

Noun

aukera inan

1. choice, option

   Synonym: hauta (Northern)

2. selection

   Synonyms: hautatze, aukeraketa

3. occasion, opportunity

   Synonyms: abagune, mentura (Northern)

Declension

Declension of aukera (inanimate, ending in -a)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	aukera	aukera	aukerak
ergative	aukerak	aukerak	aukerek
dative	aukerari	aukerari	aukerei
genitive	aukeraren	aukeraren	aukeren
comitative	aukerarekin	aukerarekin	aukerekin
causative	aukerarengatik	aukerarengatik	aukerengatik
benefactive	aukerarentzat	aukerarentzat	aukerentzat
instrumental	aukeraz	aukeraz	aukerez
inessive	aukeratan	aukeran	aukeretan
locative	aukeratako	aukerako	aukeretako
allative	aukeratara	aukerara	aukeretara
terminative	aukerataraino	aukeraraino	aukeretaraino
directive	aukeratarantz	aukerarantz	aukeretarantz
destinative	aukeratarako	aukerarako	aukeretarako
ablative	aukeratatik	aukeratik	aukeretatik
partitive	aukerarik	—	—
prolative	aukeratzat	—	—

Derived terms

• aukera-berdintasun
• aukera-maukera, aukeraren maukera
• aukerabide
• aukeraketa (“selection”)
• aukerakizun (“option”)
• aukerako (“optional”)
• aukerakotasun (“optionality”)
• aukeramen (“ability to choose”)
• aukeran
• aukerarazi (“to force to choose”)
• aukeratu (“to choose”)
• aukeratzaile (“chooser”)
• aukeratze (“selection”)

 

Verb

aukera

1. Short form of aukeratu (“to choose”).

Further reading

• “aukera”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “aukera”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005