eztainu

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish estaño.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /es̻tai̯nu/ [es̻.t̪ai̯.nu]
 
  • IPA(key): (Gipuzkoan, Navarrese) /es̻taɲu/ [es̻.t̪a.ɲu]
  • IPA(key): (Biscayan) /es̺taɲu/ [es̺.t̪a.ɲu]

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  • Rhymes: -ai̯nu, -u
  • Rhymes: -aɲu, -u
  • Hyphenation: ez‧tai‧nu

Noun

eztainu inan

  1. tin

Declension

Declension of eztainu (inanimate, singular only, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular
absolutive eztainu eztainua
ergative — eztainuak
dative — eztainuari
genitive — eztainuaren
comitative — eztainuarekin
causative — eztainuarengatik
benefactive — eztainuarentzat
instrumental eztainuz eztainuaz
inessive — eztainuan
locative — —
allative — —
terminative — —
directive — —
destinative — —
ablative — —
partitive eztainurik —
prolative eztainutzat —

Derived terms

  • eztainu-belar
  • eztainuztatu

Further reading

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