oinarri
Basque
Etymology
From oin (“foot”) + harri (“stone”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /oi̯nari/ [oi̯.na.ri]
- IPA(key): (Southern) /oɲari/ [o.ɲa.ri]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ari, -i
- Hyphenation: oi‧na‧rri
Noun
oinarri inan
- foundation, base
- (figurative) principle
- (economics) capital
- (linear algebra) basis
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | oinarri | oinarria | oinarriak |
| ergative | oinarrik | oinarriak | oinarriek |
| dative | oinarriri | oinarriari | oinarriei |
| genitive | oinarriren | oinarriaren | oinarrien |
| comitative | oinarrirekin | oinarriarekin | oinarriekin |
| causative | oinarrirengatik | oinarriarengatik | oinarriengatik |
| benefactive | oinarrirentzat | oinarriarentzat | oinarrientzat |
| instrumental | oinarriz | oinarriaz | oinarriez |
| inessive | oinarritan | oinarrian | oinarrietan |
| locative | oinarritako | oinarriko | oinarrietako |
| allative | oinarritara | oinarrira | oinarrietara |
| terminative | oinarritaraino | oinarriraino | oinarrietaraino |
| directive | oinarritarantz | oinarrirantz | oinarrietarantz |
| destinative | oinarritarako | oinarrirako | oinarrietarako |
| ablative | oinarritatik | oinarritik | oinarrietatik |
| partitive | oinarririk | — | — |
| prolative | oinarritzat | — | — |
Derived terms
- oinarri hartu
- oinarri izan
- oinarri likidagarri
- oinarri-lege
- oinarridun (“based”)
- oinarritu (“to base”)
- oinarritze
- oinarrizko (“basic”)
Further reading
- “oinarri”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “oinarri”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005