hamahiru

Basque

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Cardinal: hamahiru     Ordinal: hamahirugarren     Fractional: hamahiruren

Alternative forms

• hamahiu (Soule)
• hamairu (chiefly Navarro-Lapurdian)
• hamiru (chiefly Upper Navarre)

Etymology

From hamar (“ten”) + hiru (“three”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /hamahiɾu/ [ha.ma.hi.ɾu]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /amai̯ɾu/ [a.mai̯.ɾu]

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• Rhymes: -ai̯ɾu, -u
• Hyphenation: ha‧ma‧hi‧ru

Numeral

hamahiru

1. thirteen

Declension

Declension of hamahiru (numeral V-stem)

		indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive		hamahiru	hamahirua	hamahiruak	hamahiruok
ergative		hamahiruk	hamahiruak	hamahiruek	hamahiruok
dative		hamahiruri	hamahiruari	hamahiruei	hamahiruoi
genitive		hamahiruren	hamahiruaren	hamahiruen	hamahiruon
comitative		hamahirurekin	hamahiruarekin	hamahiruekin	hamahiruokin
causative		hamahirurengatik	hamahiruarengatik	hamahiruengatik	hamahiruongatik
benefactive		hamahirurentzat	hamahiruarentzat	hamahiruentzat	hamahiruontzat
instrumental		hamahiruz	hamahiruaz	hamahiruez	hamahiruotaz
inessive	anim.	hamahirurengan	hamahiruarengan	hamahiruengan	hamahiruongan
	inan.	hamahirutan	hamahiruan	hamahiruetan	hamahiruotan
locative	anim.	—	—	—	—
	inan.	hamahirutako	hamahiruko	hamahiruetako	hamahiruotako
allative	anim.	hamahirurengana	hamahiruarengana	hamahiruengana	hamahiruongana
	inan.	hamahirutara	hamahirura	hamahiruetara	hamahiruotara
terminative	anim.	hamahirurenganaino	hamahiruarenganaino	hamahiruenganaino	hamahiruonganaino
	inan.	hamahirutaraino	hamahiruraino	hamahiruetaraino	hamahiruotaraino
directive	anim.	hamahirurenganantz	hamahiruarenganantz	hamahiruenganantz	hamahiruonganantz
	inan.	hamahirutarantz	hamahirurantz	hamahiruetarantz	hamahiruotarantz
destinative	anim.	hamahirurenganako	hamahiruarenganako	hamahiruenganako	hamahiruonganako
	inan.	hamahirutarako	hamahirurako	hamahiruetarako	hamahiruotarako
ablative	anim.	hamahirurengandik	hamahiruarengandik	hamahiruengandik	hamahiruongandik
	inan.	hamahirutatik	hamahirutik	hamahiruetatik	hamahiruotatik
partitive		hamahirurik	—	—	—
prolative		hamahirutzat	—	—	—

Derived terms

• berrogeita hamahiru (“fifty-three”)
• hamairu-hortz
• hamairuna (“thirteen each”)
• hamairunaka (“in groups of thirteen”)
• hirurogeita hamahiru (“seventy-three”)
• hogeita hamahiru (“thirty-three”)
• laurogeita hamahiru (“ninety-three”)

Further reading

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