zurrumurru

Basque

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /s̻urumuru/ [s̻u.ru.mu.ru]

• IPA^(key): (most dialects) /s̻urumuru/ [s̻u.ru.mu.ru]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /s̺urumuru/ [s̺u.ru.mu.ru]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -uru
• Hyphenation: zu‧rru‧mu‧rru

Noun

zurrumurru inan

1. humming, light noise

   Synonym: marmar

2. rumor

Declension

Declension of zurrumurru (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	zurrumurru	zurrumurrua	zurrumurruak
ergative	zurrumurruk	zurrumurruak	zurrumurruek
dative	zurrumurruri	zurrumurruari	zurrumurruei
genitive	zurrumurruren	zurrumurruaren	zurrumurruen
comitative	zurrumurrurekin	zurrumurruarekin	zurrumurruekin
causative	zurrumurrurengatik	zurrumurruarengatik	zurrumurruengatik
benefactive	zurrumurrurentzat	zurrumurruarentzat	zurrumurruentzat
instrumental	zurrumurruz	zurrumurruaz	zurrumurruez
inessive	zurrumurrutan	zurrumurruan	zurrumurruetan
locative	zurrumurrutako	zurrumurruko	zurrumurruetako
allative	zurrumurrutara	zurrumurrura	zurrumurruetara
terminative	zurrumurrutaraino	zurrumurruraino	zurrumurruetaraino
directive	zurrumurrutarantz	zurrumurrurantz	zurrumurruetarantz
destinative	zurrumurrutarako	zurrumurrurako	zurrumurruetarako
ablative	zurrumurrutatik	zurrumurrutik	zurrumurruetatik
partitive	zurrumurrurik	—	—
prolative	zurrumurrutzat	—	—

Derived terms

• zurrumurruka

 

Further reading

• “zurrumurru”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “zurrumurru”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005