elkarlan
Basque
FWOTD – 9 October 2012
Etymology
elkar (“mutual, reciprocal”) + lan (“work, labour”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /elkarlan/, [e̞l.kar.lãn]
Noun
elkarlan
- teamwork, cooperation
- 2009, Vatikanoko II. Kontzilio Ekumenikoa, →ISBN, page 515:
- Koordinazio eta elkarlan handiagotik emaitza on-onak jasoko dira, batez ere Institutu akademikoen arloan.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
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Inflection
| Declension of elkarlan (inanimate, ending in consonant) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
| absolutive | elkarlan | elkarlana | elkarlanak |
| ergative | elkarlanek | elkarlanak | elkarlanek |
| dative | elkarlani | elkarlanari | elkarlanei |
| genitive | elkarlanen | elkarlanaren | elkarlanen |
| comitative | elkarlanekin | elkarlanarekin | elkarlanekin |
| causative | elkarlanengatik | elkarlanarengatik | elkarlanengatik |
| benefactive | elkarlanentzat | elkarlanarentzat | elkarlanentzat |
| instrumental | elkarlanez | elkarlanaz | elkarlanez |
| inessive | elkarlanetan | elkarlanean | elkarlanetan |
| locative | elkarlanetako | elkarlaneko | elkarlanetako |
| allative | elkarlanetara | elkarlanera | elkarlanetara |
| terminative | elkarlanetaraino | elkarlaneraino | elkarlanetaraino |
| directive | elkarlanetarantz | elkarlanerantz | elkarlanetarantz |
| destinative | elkarlanetarako | elkarlanerako | elkarlanetarako |
| ablative | elkarlanetatik | elkarlanetik | elkarlanetatik |
| partitive | elkarlanik | — | — |
| prolative | elkarlantzat | — | — |
References
- Basque-English, English-Basque dictionary (Gorka Aulestia, Linda White), page 93, entry "elkarlan"
Further reading
- "elkarlan" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
- “elkarlan” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus