ttantta

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Basque[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /canca/ [cãɲ.ca]
  • Rhymes: -anca
  • Hyphenation: ttan‧tta

Etymology 1[edit]

From tanta (drop), with expressive palatalization.

Noun[edit]

ttantta inan

  1. (literally and figuratively) droplet
    • 1976, Jon Mirande, Jon Miranderen idazlan hautatuak, Mensajero, →ISBN, page 183:
      Mutil zintzo-zintzo izan arren, ttantta bat neurritik kanpo edan zuela aitortu behar da.
      Despite the fact that he was a very formal boy, one must admit that he had drunk a bit too much.
  2. shot (small serving of alcohol)
    Synonym: ttotta
    • 1967, Martin Itziar, Larraundi'ko sendia, Itxaropena Argitaldaria, page 66:
      [] ekarriko diat ttanttanakin akeit bero beroa.
      [] I'll bring you a hot coffee with a shot [of liquor].
Declension[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from French tante, with expressive palatalization.

Noun[edit]

ttantta anim

  1. (Northern, familiar) aunt
    Synonyms: izeba, izeko (Biscayan)
    • 2001, Emile Larre, Ene artzain-etxolak[1], Auspoa Liburutegia, page 211:
      Etorri zen etorri gure ttantta alargundua 1951ko ekainaren 29 hartako xuxen: bere haurretan gazteena zuen Mari-Angele 17 urtekoarekin.
      Our widowed aunt arrived on June 29, 1951 like this: with the youngest of her children, seventeen-year-old Mari-Angele.
Declension[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • "ttantta" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • ttantta” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus