mahai

Basque

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *banai, via an intermediate form *manai. Other possible reconstructions include *banane.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /mahai̯/ [ma.hai̯]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /mai̯/ [mai̯]
• Rhymes: -ahai̯, -ai̯
• Rhymes: -ai̯
• Hyphenation: ma‧hai

Noun

mahai inan

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Declension

Declension of mahai (inan V-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	mahai	mahaia	mahaiak	mahaiok
ergative	mahaik	mahaiak	mahaiek	mahaiok
dative	mahairi	mahaiari	mahaiei	mahaioi
genitive	mahairen	mahaiaren	mahaien	mahaion
comitative	mahairekin	mahaiarekin	mahaiekin	mahaiokin
causative	mahairengatik	mahaiarengatik	mahaiengatik	mahaiongatik
benefactive	mahairentzat	mahaiarentzat	mahaientzat	mahaiontzat
instrumental	mahaiz	mahaiaz	mahaiez	mahaiotaz
inessive	mahaitan	mahaian	mahaietan	mahaiotan
locative	mahaitako	mahaiko	mahaietako	mahaiotako
allative	mahaitara	mahaira	mahaietara	mahaiotara
terminative	mahaitaraino	mahairaino	mahaietaraino	mahaiotaraino
directive	mahaitarantz	mahairantz	mahaietarantz	mahaiotarantz
destinative	mahaitarako	mahairako	mahaietarako	mahaiotarako
ablative	mahaitatik	mahaitik	mahaietatik	mahaiotatik
partitive	mahairik	—	—	—
prolative	mahaitzat	—	—	—

Further reading

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