gauenara
Basque
Alternative forms
- gau-iñara, gau-inhara, maiñari
Etymology
From gau (“night”) + enara (“swallow, swift”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡau̯enaɾa/ [ɡau̯.e.na.ɾa], (also) /ɡabenaɾa/ [ɡa.β̞e.na.ɾa]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -aɾa, -a
- Hyphenation: gau‧e‧na‧ra
Noun
gauenara anim
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | gauenara | gauenara | gauenarak |
| ergative | gauenarak | gauenarak | gauenarek |
| dative | gauenarari | gauenarari | gauenarei |
| genitive | gauenararen | gauenararen | gauenaren |
| comitative | gauenararekin | gauenararekin | gauenarekin |
| causative | gauenararengatik | gauenararengatik | gauenarengatik |
| benefactive | gauenararentzat | gauenararentzat | gauenarentzat |
| instrumental | gauenaraz | gauenaraz | gauenarez |
| inessive | gauenararengan | gauenararengan | gauenarengan |
| locative | — | — | — |
| allative | gauenararengana | gauenararengana | gauenarengana |
| terminative | gauenararenganaino | gauenararenganaino | gauenarenganaino |
| directive | gauenararenganantz | gauenararenganantz | gauenarenganantz |
| destinative | gauenararenganako | gauenararenganako | gauenarenganako |
| ablative | gauenararengandik | gauenararengandik | gauenarengandik |
| partitive | gauenararik | — | — |
| prolative | gauenaratzat | — | — |
Further reading
- “gauenara”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “gauenara”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005