Maite
Basque
Alternative forms
Etymology
From maite (“love, beloved”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mai̯te/ [mai̯.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ai̯te, -e
- Hyphenation: Mai‧te
Proper noun
Maite anim
- a female given name
Declension
| indefinite | |
|---|---|
| absolutive | Maite |
| ergative | Maitek |
| dative | Maiteri |
| genitive | Maiteren |
| comitative | Maiterekin |
| causative | Maiterengatik |
| benefactive | Maiterentzat |
| instrumental | Maitez |
| inessive | Maiterengan |
| locative | — |
| allative | Maiterengana |
| terminative | Maiterenganaino |
| directive | Maiterenganantz |
| destinative | Maiterenganako |
| ablative | Maiterengandik |
| partitive | Maiterik |
| prolative | Maitetzat |
Descendants
- → Spanish: Maite
Further reading
- “Maite”, in Euskal Onomastikaren Datutegia [Basque Onomastic Database], Euskaltzaindia
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmaite/ [ˈmai̯.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -aite
- Syllabification: Mai‧te
Proper noun
Maite f
- a female given name
- a diminutive of the female given name María Teresa