gurdi

Basque

Alternative forms

  • burdi

Etymology

Unknown, the Proto-Basque form would be *gurdi.[1] Proposed etymons include Romani wurdin[2] and Latin currus. Then having displaced orga valid for French Basque.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡurdi/ [ɡur.ð̞i]
  • Rhymes: -urdi, -i
  • Hyphenation: gur‧di

Noun

gurdi inan

  1. cart (a small vehicle more often used for transporting goods than passengers)

Declension

Declension of gurdi (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive gurdi gurdia gurdiak
ergative gurdik gurdiak gurdiek
dative gurdiri gurdiari gurdiei
genitive gurdiren gurdiaren gurdien
comitative gurdirekin gurdiarekin gurdiekin
causative gurdirengatik gurdiarengatik gurdiengatik
benefactive gurdirentzat gurdiarentzat gurdientzat
instrumental gurdiz gurdiaz gurdiez
inessive gurditan gurdian gurdietan
locative gurditako gurdiko gurdietako
allative gurditara gurdira gurdietara
terminative gurditaraino gurdiraino gurdietaraino
directive gurditarantz gurdirantz gurdietarantz
destinative gurditarako gurdirako gurdietarako
ablative gurditatik gurditik gurdietatik
partitive gurdirik — —
prolative gurditzat — —

Derived terms

  • gurdibide
  • gurdidun
  • gurdika
  • gurdikada
  • gurditxo
  • gurdizain
  • gurpil (“wheel”)

References

  1. ^ R. L. Trask (2008) “gurdi”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 212, pages 212, 27, 385
  2. ^ Berger, Herman (1968) “Ein Zigeunerlehnwort im Baskischen”, in J. C. Heesterman, G. H. Schokker, V. I. Subramoniam, editors, Pratidanam: Indian, Iranian, and Indo-European studies presented to Franciscus Bernardus Jacobus Kuiper on his sixtieth birthday (Janua Linguarum. Series Maior)‎[1], volume 34, The Hague · Paris: Mouton, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 321–322

Further reading

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

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

gurdī m

  1. inflection of gurdus:
    1. nominative/vocative plural
    2. genitive singular

Narungga

Pronunciation

Noun

gurdi

  1. quandong
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