modu

See also: mõdu, módu, módú, módů, Módū, mòdú, and Mòdú

Basque

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin modus (“measure, manner”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /modu/ [mo.ð̞u]
• Rhymes: -odu, -u
• Hyphenation: mo‧du

Noun

modu inan

1. way, manner

   Synonyms: era, gisa, molde

2. kind, type

   Synonym: mota

Declension

Declension of modu (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	modu	modua	moduak
ergative	moduk	moduak	moduek
dative	moduri	moduari	moduei
genitive	moduren	moduaren	moduen
comitative	modurekin	moduarekin	moduekin
causative	modurengatik	moduarengatik	moduengatik
benefactive	modurentzat	moduarentzat	moduentzat
instrumental	moduz	moduaz	moduez
inessive	modutan	moduan	moduetan
locative	modutako	moduko	moduetako
allative	modutara	modura	moduetara
terminative	modutaraino	moduraino	moduetaraino
directive	modutarantz	modurantz	moduetarantz
destinative	modutarako	modurako	moduetarako
ablative	modutatik	modutik	moduetatik
partitive	modurik	—	—
prolative	modutzat	—	—

Derived terms

• modu berean (“in the same way”)
• modu on (“modesty”)
• modu onean (“appropriately”)
• modu oneko (“appropriate”)
• modu onez (“appropriately”)
• modu txarrean
• modua egin
• moduan (“like, in the manner of”)
• moduko (“similar”)
• modura (“like, in the manner of”)
• modutsu
• moduz
• moduzko
• moduzkotasun
• moduztatu
• zer moduz (“how are you?”)

Further reading

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

Slovene

Noun

modu

1. dative/locative singular of modo