erdara
Basque
Alternative forms
- erdera
Etymology
Contains the suffix -era (“language”). The first element is uncertain, possibilities include erdi (“half”) and erdu (“to come, to arrive”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /erdaɾa/, [e̞r.ð̞a.ɾa]
Noun
erdara inan
- Any language other than Basque, especially Spanish and French.
Declension
| Declension of erdara (inanimate, singular only, ending in -a) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
| absolutive | erdara | erdara | — |
| ergative | — | erdarak | — |
| dative | — | erdarari | — |
| genitive | — | erdararen | — |
| comitative | — | erdararekin | — |
| causative | — | erdararengatik | — |
| benefactive | — | erdararentzat | — |
| instrumental | erdaraz | erdaraz | — |
| inessive | — | erdaran | — |
| locative | — | — | — |
| allative | — | — | — |
| terminative | — | — | — |
| directive | — | — | — |
| destinative | — | — | — |
| ablative | — | — | — |
| partitive | erdararik | — | — |
| prolative | erdaratzat | — | — |
Derived terms
- ahuntz-erdara
- erdaldun
- erdarakada
- zapo-erdara
Further reading
- "erdara" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
- “erdara” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus