hamalau
Basque
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| Cardinal: hamalau Ordinal: hamalaugarren Fractional: hamalauren | ||
Etymology
From hamar (“ten”) + lau (“four”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Southern) /amalau̯/, [a.ma.lau̯]
- IPA(key): (Northern) /hamalau̯/, [ɦa.ma.lau̯]
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Numeral
hamalau
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | hamalau | hamalaua | hamalauak | |
| ergative | hamalauk | hamalauak | hamalauek | |
| dative | hamalauri | hamalauari | hamalauei | |
| genitive | hamalauren | hamalauaren | hamalauen | |
| comitative | hamalaurekin | hamalauarekin | hamalauekin | |
| causative | hamalaurengatik | hamalauarengatik | hamalauengatik | |
| benefactive | hamalaurentzat | hamalauarentzat | hamalauentzat | |
| instrumental | hamalauz | hamalauaz | hamalauez | |
| inessive | anim | hamalaurengan | hamalauarengan | hamalauengan |
| inan | hamalautan | hamalauan | hamalauetan | |
| locative | anim | — | — | — |
| inan | hamalautako | hamalauko | hamalauetako | |
| allative | anim | hamalaurengana | hamalauarengana | hamalauengana |
| inan | hamalautara | hamalaura | hamalauetara | |
| terminative | anim | hamalaurenganaino | hamalauarenganaino | hamalauenganaino |
| inan | hamalautaraino | hamalauraino | hamalauetaraino | |
| directive | anim | hamalaurenganantz | hamalauarenganantz | hamalauenganantz |
| inan | hamalautarantz | hamalaurantz | hamalauetarantz | |
| destinative | anim | hamalaurenganako | hamalauarenganako | hamalauenganako |
| inan | hamalautarako | hamalaurako | hamalauetarako | |
| ablative | anim | hamalaurengandik | hamalauarengandik | hamalauengandik |
| inan | hamalautatik | hamalautik | hamalauetatik | |
| partitive | hamalaurik | — | — | |
| prolative | hamalautzat | — | — | |
Derived terms
- berrogeita hamalau (“fifty-four”)
- hamalaudun (“sonnet”)
- hamalaugarren (“fourteenth”)
- hamalauna (“fourteen each”)
- hamalaunaka (“in groups of fourteen”)
- hamalaurkun (“sonnet”)
- hirurogeita hamalau (“seventy-four”)
- hogeita hamalau (“thirty-four”)
- laurogeita hamalau (“ninety-four”)
Further reading
- “hamalau”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “hamalau”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005