orein

Basque

Orein bat ― A deer

Alternative forms

• oreiñ (Biscayan)
• oreñ (Biscayan, Soule)
• oren (Lower Navarrese)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Basque *orein.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oɾei̯n/ [o.ɾẽĩ̯n]

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• Rhymes: -oɾei̯n, -ei̯n
• Hyphenation: o‧rein

Noun

orein anim

1. deer

Declension

Declension of orein (anim C-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	orein	oreina	oreinak	oreinok
ergative	oreinek	oreinak	oreinek	oreinok
dative	oreini	oreinari	oreinei	oreinoi
genitive	oreinen	oreinaren	oreinen	oreinon
comitative	oreinekin	oreinarekin	oreinekin	oreinokin
causative	oreinengatik	oreinarengatik	oreinengatik	oreinongatik
benefactive	oreinentzat	oreinarentzat	oreinentzat	oreinontzat
instrumental	oreinez	oreinaz	oreinez	oreinotaz
inessive	oreinengan	oreinarengan	oreinengan	oreinongan
locative	—	—	—	—
allative	oreinengana	oreinarengana	oreinengana	oreinongana
terminative	oreinenganaino	oreinarenganaino	oreinenganaino	oreinonganaino
directive	oreinenganantz	oreinarenganantz	oreinenganantz	oreinonganantz
destinative	oreinenganako	oreinarenganako	oreinenganako	oreinonganako
ablative	oreinengandik	oreinarengandik	oreinengandik	oreinongandik
partitive	oreinik	—	—	—
prolative	oreintzat	—	—	—

Descendants

• → French: orignal (“moose”)

Further reading

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

Finnish

Noun

orein

1. instructive plural of ori

Anagrams

• Reino, eroin, orien