tranpa

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish trampa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /trampa/ [t̪rãm.pa]
  • Rhymes: -ampa, -a
  • Hyphenation: tran‧pa

Noun

tranpa inan

  1. trap
  2. (Southern) deceit, trick

Declension

Declension of tranpa (inanimate, ending in -a)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive tranpa tranpa tranpak
ergative tranpak tranpak tranpek
dative tranpari tranpari tranpei
genitive tranparen tranparen tranpen
comitative tranparekin tranparekin tranpekin
causative tranparengatik tranparengatik tranpengatik
benefactive tranparentzat tranparentzat tranpentzat
instrumental tranpaz tranpaz tranpez
inessive tranpatan tranpan tranpetan
locative tranpatako tranpako tranpetako
allative tranpatara tranpara tranpetara
terminative tranpataraino tranparaino tranpetaraino
directive tranpatarantz tranparantz tranpetarantz
destinative tranpatarako tranparako tranpetarako
ablative tranpatatik tranpatik tranpetatik
partitive tranparik
prolative tranpatzat

Derived terms

  • tranpa egin (to cheat)
  • tranpati (cheater)

Further reading

  • tranpa”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
  • tranpa”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005