taupada
Basque
Etymology
From taupa (“onomatopoeia of heartbeat”) + -da.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tau̯pada/ [t̪au̯.pa.ð̞a]
- Rhymes: -ada, -a
- Hyphenation: tau‧pa‧da
Noun
taupada inan
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | taupada | taupada | taupadak |
| ergative | taupadak | taupadak | taupadek |
| dative | taupadari | taupadari | taupadei |
| genitive | taupadaren | taupadaren | taupaden |
| comitative | taupadarekin | taupadarekin | taupadekin |
| causative | taupadarengatik | taupadarengatik | taupadengatik |
| benefactive | taupadarentzat | taupadarentzat | taupadentzat |
| instrumental | taupadaz | taupadaz | taupadez |
| inessive | taupadatan | taupadan | taupadetan |
| locative | taupadatako | taupadako | taupadetako |
| allative | taupadatara | taupadara | taupadetara |
| terminative | taupadataraino | taupadaraino | taupadetaraino |
| directive | taupadatarantz | taupadarantz | taupadetarantz |
| destinative | taupadatarako | taupadarako | taupadetarako |
| ablative | taupadatatik | taupadatik | taupadetatik |
| partitive | taupadarik | — | — |
| prolative | taupadatzat | — | — |
Derived terms
- taupada-markagailu (“pacemaker”)
- taupadaka (“beating”)
Further reading
- “taupada”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “taupada”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005