ahate

Basque

Alternative forms

agate (Biscayan)
aate (Biscayan, Gipuzkoan, Upper Navarre, Salazarese)

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *anate, from Latin anatem (“duck”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ahate/ [a.ha.t̪e]
IPA^(key): (Southern) /ate/ [a.t̪e]
- Audio: (file)
- Rhymes: -ate, -e
IPA^(key): (Souletin) /aˈh̃ate/, [ãˈh̃ã.te]
Hyphenation: a‧ha‧te

Noun

ahate anim

duck

Declension

Declension of *ahate* (animate, ending in vowel)
	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	ahate	ahatea	ahateak
ergative	ahatek	ahateak	ahateek
dative	ahateri	ahateari	ahateei
genitive	ahateren	ahatearen	ahateen
comitative	ahaterekin	ahatearekin	ahateekin
causative	ahaterengatik	ahatearengatik	ahateengatik
benefactive	ahaterentzat	ahatearentzat	ahateentzat
instrumental	ahatez	ahateaz	ahateez
inessive	ahaterengan	ahatearengan	ahateengan
locative	—	—	—
allative	ahaterengana	ahatearengana	ahateengana
terminative	ahaterenganaino	ahatearenganaino	ahateenganaino
directive	ahaterenganantz	ahatearenganantz	ahateenganantz
destinative	ahaterenganako	ahatearenganako	ahateenganako
ablative	ahaterengandik	ahatearengandik	ahateengandik
partitive	ahaterik	—	—
prolative	ahatetzat	—	—

Derived terms

ahate buztanluze (“northern pintail”)
ahate mokozabal (“northern shoveler”)
ahate txistulari (“Eurasian wigeon”)
ahate-bularki (“magret”)
ahate-joko (“goose pulling”)
ahate-papar (“magret”)
ahateari igeri irakatsi (“to be a know-it-all”)
ahatebeltz (“scoter”)
ahatebeltz arrunt (“common scoter”)
ahatebeltz hegalzuri (“velvet scoter”)
ahateki (“duck meat”)
ahatekume (“duckling”)
ahatettipi (“Eurasian teal”)
ahatetxo (“duckling”)

References

^ R. L. Trask (2008) “ahate”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 72

Further reading

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