elkarlan
Basque
FWOTD – 9 October 2012
Etymology
From elkar (“each other”) + lan (“work”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /elkarlan/ [el.kar.lãn]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -arlan, -an
- Hyphenation: el‧kar‧lan
Noun
elkarlan inan
- teamwork, cooperation
- 2009, Luis Baraizarra, transl., Vatikanoko II. Kontzilio Ekumenikoa, University of Deusto, →ISBN, page 515:
- Koordinazio eta elkarlan handiagotik emaitza on-onak jasoko dira, batez ere Institutu akademikoen arloan.
- Greater coordination and cooperation will yield excellent results, particularly regarding academic institutions.
Inflection
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | elkarlan | elkarlana | elkarlanak |
| ergative | elkarlanek | elkarlanak | elkarlanek |
| dative | elkarlani | elkarlanari | elkarlanei |
| genitive | elkarlanen | elkarlanaren | elkarlanen |
| comitative | elkarlanekin | elkarlanarekin | elkarlanekin |
| causative | elkarlanengatik | elkarlanarengatik | elkarlanengatik |
| benefactive | elkarlanentzat | elkarlanarentzat | elkarlanentzat |
| instrumental | elkarlanez | elkarlanaz | elkarlanez |
| inessive | elkarlanetan | elkarlanean | elkarlanetan |
| locative | elkarlanetako | elkarlaneko | elkarlanetako |
| allative | elkarlanetara | elkarlanera | elkarlanetara |
| terminative | elkarlanetaraino | elkarlaneraino | elkarlanetaraino |
| directive | elkarlanetarantz | elkarlanerantz | elkarlanetarantz |
| destinative | elkarlanetarako | elkarlanerako | elkarlanetarako |
| ablative | elkarlanetatik | elkarlanetik | elkarlanetatik |
| partitive | elkarlanik | — | — |
| prolative | elkarlantzat | — | — |
Further reading
- “elkarlan”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “elkarlan”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005