porlan
Basque
Etymology
Borrowed from English Portland, short for Portland cement.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /porlan/ [por.lãn]
- Rhymes: -orlan, -an
- Hyphenation: por‧lan
Noun
porlan inan
- cement
- Synonym: zementu
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | porlan | porlana | porlanak |
| ergative | porlanek | porlanak | porlanek |
| dative | porlani | porlanari | porlanei |
| genitive | porlanen | porlanaren | porlanen |
| comitative | porlanekin | porlanarekin | porlanekin |
| causative | porlanengatik | porlanarengatik | porlanengatik |
| benefactive | porlanentzat | porlanarentzat | porlanentzat |
| instrumental | porlanez | porlanaz | porlanez |
| inessive | porlanetan | porlanean | porlanetan |
| locative | porlanetako | porlaneko | porlanetako |
| allative | porlanetara | porlanera | porlanetara |
| terminative | porlanetaraino | porlaneraino | porlanetaraino |
| directive | porlanetarantz | porlanerantz | porlanetarantz |
| destinative | porlanetarako | porlanerako | porlanetarako |
| ablative | porlanetatik | porlanetik | porlanetatik |
| partitive | porlanik | — | — |
| prolative | porlantzat | — | — |
Further reading
- “porlan”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “porlan”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005