Ternua
Basque
Etymology
Ultimately from Portuguese Terra Nova.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ternua/ [t̪er.nu.a]
- Rhymes: -ua, -a
- Hyphenation: Ter‧nu‧a
Proper noun
Ternua inan
- Newfoundland (a large island of the coast of eastern Canada, part of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador)
Declension
| indefinite | singular | |
|---|---|---|
| absolutive | Ternu | Ternua |
| ergative | — | Ternuak |
| dative | — | Ternuari |
| genitive | — | Ternuaren |
| comitative | — | Ternuarekin |
| causative | — | Ternuarengatik |
| benefactive | — | Ternuarentzat |
| instrumental | — | Ternuaz |
| inessive | — | Ternuan |
| locative | — | Ternuko |
| allative | — | Ternura |
| terminative | — | Ternuraino |
| directive | — | Ternurantz |
| destinative | — | Ternurako |
| ablative | — | Ternutik |
| partitive | Ternurik | — |
| prolative | Ternutzat | — |
Further reading
- “170.- Amerikako toponimia [Toponymy of the Americas]”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Arauak, Euskaltzaindia, 2012