aukera
Basque
Etymology
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Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /au̯keɾa/ [au̯.ke.ɾa]
- Rhymes: -eɾa, -a
- Hyphenation: au‧ke‧ra
Noun
aukera inan
- choice, option
- Synonym: hauta (Northern)
- selection
- Synonyms: hautatze, aukeraketa
- occasion, opportunity
- Synonyms: abagune, mentura (Northern)
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | aukera | aukera | aukerak |
| ergative | aukerak | aukerak | aukerek |
| dative | aukerari | aukerari | aukerei |
| genitive | aukeraren | aukeraren | aukeren |
| comitative | aukerarekin | aukerarekin | aukerekin |
| causative | aukerarengatik | aukerarengatik | aukerengatik |
| benefactive | aukerarentzat | aukerarentzat | aukerentzat |
| instrumental | aukeraz | aukeraz | aukerez |
| inessive | aukeratan | aukeran | aukeretan |
| locative | aukeratako | aukerako | aukeretako |
| allative | aukeratara | aukerara | aukeretara |
| terminative | aukerataraino | aukeraraino | aukeretaraino |
| directive | aukeratarantz | aukerarantz | aukeretarantz |
| destinative | aukeratarako | aukerarako | aukeretarako |
| ablative | aukeratatik | aukeratik | aukeretatik |
| partitive | aukerarik | — | — |
| prolative | aukeratzat | — | — |
Derived terms
- aukera-berdintasun
- aukera-maukera, aukeraren maukera
- aukerabide
- aukeraketa (“selection”)
- aukerakizun (“option”)
- aukerako (“optional”)
- aukerakotasun (“optionality”)
- aukeramen (“ability to choose”)
- aukeran
- aukerarazi (“to force to choose”)
- aukeratu (“to choose”)
- aukeratzaile (“chooser”)
- aukeratze (“selection”)
Verb
aukera
- Short form of aukeratu (“to choose”).
Further reading
- “aukera”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “aukera”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005