inor

Basque

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *enor, composed of *e- (indefinite prefix) + *nor (who).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Southern) /iɲor/, [i.ɲo̞r]
  • IPA(key): (Northern) /inor/, [i.no̞r]

Pronoun

inor

  1. anyone, anybody
    Hemen ez dago inor.There isn't anyone here.
    Inor etorri da?Did anyone come?
  2. no one, nobody (in negative contexts)
    Inork ere ez daki erantzuna.No one knows the answer.

Usage notes

  • This word is a negative polarity item, occurring in contexts such as negative sentences, questions, and conditional clauses. The only positive statements in which it corresponds to "anyone" are mostly conditionals and questions.
  • The inesive, locative, allative... inanimate forms are used in the sense "no place", for example inon (nowhere).

Declension

References

  1. nor” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

Further reading

  • "inor" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • inor” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus
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