inurri

Basque

jaten duen inurria (an ant feeding)

Etymology

1025; from *ingurri, aphetic form of *zinagurri (modern Lapurdian zinaurri), from Proto-Basque *ziNaguRi.(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Southern) /iɲuri/, [i.ɲu.ri]
• IPA^(key): (Northern) /inuri/, [i.nu.ri]

• Audio:

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Noun

inurri anim

1. ant

   Synonym: txingurri

Declension

Declension of inurri (animate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	inurri	inurria	inurriak
ergative	inurrik	inurriak	inurriek
dative	inurriri	inurriari	inurriei
genitive	inurriren	inurriaren	inurrien
comitative	inurrirekin	inurriarekin	inurriekin
causative	inurrirengatik	inurriarengatik	inurriengatik
benefactive	inurrirentzat	inurriarentzat	inurrientzat
instrumental	inurriz	inurriaz	inurriez
inessive	inurrirengan	inurriarengan	inurriengan
locative	—	—	—
allative	inurrirengana	inurriarengana	inurriengana
terminative	inurrirenganaino	inurriarenganaino	inurrienganaino
directive	inurrirenganantz	inurriarenganantz	inurrienganantz
destinative	inurrirenganako	inurriarenganako	inurrienganako
ablative	inurrirengandik	inurriarengandik	inurriengandik
partitive	inurririk	—	—
prolative	inurritzat	—	—

Derived terms

• inurritegi (“anthill”)

Further reading

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