belaunburu
Basque
Etymology
From belaun (“knee”) + buru (“head”).
For some semantic parallels, compare Thai หัวเข่า (hǔua-kào), Chinese 膝頭／膝头 (xītóu), Japanese 膝頭 (hizagashira), Malay lutut, Vietnamese đầu gối, Ainu kokkasapa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /belau̯mbuɾu/ [be.lãũ̯m.bu.ɾu]
- Rhymes: -uɾu
- Hyphenation: be‧laun‧bu‧ru
Declension
Declension of belaunburu (inanimate, ending in vowel)
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | belaunburu | belaunburua | belaunburuak |
| ergative | belaunburuk | belaunburuak | belaunburuek |
| dative | belaunbururi | belaunburuari | belaunburuei |
| genitive | belaunbururen | belaunburuaren | belaunburuen |
| comitative | belaunbururekin | belaunburuarekin | belaunburuekin |
| causative | belaunbururengatik | belaunburuarengatik | belaunburuengatik |
| benefactive | belaunbururentzat | belaunburuarentzat | belaunburuentzat |
| instrumental | belaunburuz | belaunburuaz | belaunburuez |
| inessive | belaunburutan | belaunburuan | belaunburuetan |
| locative | belaunburutako | belaunburuko | belaunburuetako |
| allative | belaunburutara | belaunburura | belaunburuetara |
| terminative | belaunburutaraino | belaunbururaino | belaunburuetaraino |
| directive | belaunburutarantz | belaunbururantz | belaunburuetarantz |
| destinative | belaunburutarako | belaunbururako | belaunburuetarako |
| ablative | belaunburutatik | belaunburutik | belaunburuetatik |
| partitive | belaunbururik | — | — |
| prolative | belaunburutzat | — | — |
Further reading
- "belaunburu" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
- “belaunburu” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus
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