doinu
Basque
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish tono (“tone”), influenced by soinu (“sound”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /doi̯nu/ [d̪oi̯.nu]
- IPA(key): (Southern) /doɲu/ [d̪o.ɲu]
- Rhymes: -oi̯nu, -u
- Rhymes: -oɲu, -u
- Hyphenation: doi‧nu
Noun
doinu inan
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | doinu | doinua | doinuak |
| ergative | doinuk | doinuak | doinuek |
| dative | doinuri | doinuari | doinuei |
| genitive | doinuren | doinuaren | doinuen |
| comitative | doinurekin | doinuarekin | doinuekin |
| causative | doinurengatik | doinuarengatik | doinuengatik |
| benefactive | doinurentzat | doinuarentzat | doinuentzat |
| instrumental | doinuz | doinuaz | doinuez |
| inessive | doinutan | doinuan | doinuetan |
| locative | doinutako | doinuko | doinuetako |
| allative | doinutara | doinura | doinuetara |
| terminative | doinutaraino | doinuraino | doinuetaraino |
| directive | doinutarantz | doinurantz | doinuetarantz |
| destinative | doinutarako | doinurako | doinuetarako |
| ablative | doinutatik | doinutik | doinuetatik |
| partitive | doinurik | — | — |
| prolative | doinutzat | — | — |
Derived terms
- toinuera (“voice tone”)
Further reading
- “doinu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “doinu”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Laz
Noun
doinu
- to give birth