mahai
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Basque[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Basque *banai, via an intermediate form *manai. Other possible reconstructions include *banane.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
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- IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /mahai̯/ [ma.hai̯]
- IPA(key): (Southern) /mai̯/ [mai̯]
- (Navarro-Lapurdian) Rhymes: -ahai̯
- (Southern) Rhymes: -ai̯
- Hyphenation: ma‧hai
Noun[edit]
mahai inan
Declension[edit]
Declension of mahai (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | mahai | mahaia | mahaiak |
ergative | mahaik | mahaiak | mahaiek |
dative | mahairi | mahaiari | mahaiei |
genitive | mahairen | mahaiaren | mahaien |
comitative | mahairekin | mahaiarekin | mahaiekin |
causative | mahairengatik | mahaiarengatik | mahaiengatik |
benefactive | mahairentzat | mahaiarentzat | mahaientzat |
instrumental | mahaiz | mahaiaz | mahaiez |
inessive | mahaitan | mahaian | mahaietan |
locative | mahaitako | mahaiko | mahaietako |
allative | mahaitara | mahaira | mahaietara |
terminative | mahaitaraino | mahairaino | mahaietaraino |
directive | mahaitarantz | mahairantz | mahaietarantz |
destinative | mahaitarako | mahairako | mahaietarako |
ablative | mahaitatik | mahaitik | mahaietatik |
partitive | mahairik | — | — |
prolative | mahaitzat | — | — |
References[edit]
- ^ “mahai” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk