hondamen
Basque
Etymology
From hondatu (“to ruin”) + -men.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /hondamen/ [hõn̪.d̪a.mẽn]
- IPA(key): (Southern) /ondamen/ [õn̪.d̪a.mẽn]
- Rhymes: -amen, -en
- Hyphenation: hon‧da‧men
Noun
hondamen inan
- catastrophe, debacle
- Synonym: hondamendi
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | hondamen | hondamena | hondamenak |
| ergative | hondamenek | hondamenak | hondamenek |
| dative | hondameni | hondamenari | hondamenei |
| genitive | hondamenen | hondamenaren | hondamenen |
| comitative | hondamenekin | hondamenarekin | hondamenekin |
| causative | hondamenengatik | hondamenarengatik | hondamenengatik |
| benefactive | hondamenentzat | hondamenarentzat | hondamenentzat |
| instrumental | hondamenez | hondamenaz | hondamenez |
| inessive | hondamenetan | hondamenean | hondamenetan |
| locative | hondamenetako | hondameneko | hondamenetako |
| allative | hondamenetara | hondamenera | hondamenetara |
| terminative | hondamenetaraino | hondameneraino | hondamenetaraino |
| directive | hondamenetarantz | hondamenerantz | hondamenetarantz |
| destinative | hondamenetarako | hondamenerako | hondamenetarako |
| ablative | hondamenetatik | hondamenetik | hondamenetatik |
| partitive | hondamenik | — | — |
| prolative | hondamentzat | — | — |
Further reading
- “hondamen”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “hondamen”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005