osaba
Basque
Etymology
From Proto-Basque *osaba, further etymology unknown. Contains the -ba kinship suffix.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /os̺aba/ [o.s̺a.β̞a]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -aba, -a
- Hyphenation: o‧sa‧ba
Noun
osaba anim
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | osaba | osaba | osabak |
| ergative | osabak | osabak | osabek |
| dative | osabari | osabari | osabei |
| genitive | osabaren | osabaren | osaben |
| comitative | osabarekin | osabarekin | osabekin |
| causative | osabarengatik | osabarengatik | osabengatik |
| benefactive | osabarentzat | osabarentzat | osabentzat |
| instrumental | osabaz | osabaz | osabez |
| inessive | osabarengan | osabarengan | osabengan |
| locative | — | — | — |
| allative | osabarengana | osabarengana | osabengana |
| terminative | osabarenganaino | osabarenganaino | osabenganaino |
| directive | osabarenganantz | osabarenganantz | osabenganantz |
| destinative | osabarenganako | osabarenganako | osabenganako |
| ablative | osabarengandik | osabarengandik | osabengandik |
| partitive | osabarik | — | — |
| prolative | osabatzat | — | — |
Derived terms
- osaba zahar (“great-uncle”)
- osaba-iloba (“uncle and nephew”)
- osaba-izeba (“uncle and niece”)
Further reading
- “osaba”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “osaba”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Spanish
Verb
osaba
- first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of osar