kameu
Basque
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian cammeo, from Medieval Latin camaeus, of unknown origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kameu̯/, [ka.me̞.u]
Noun
kameu inan
- cameo (relief work)
Declension
| Declension of kameu (inanimate, ending in vowel) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
| absolutive | kameu | kameua | kameuak |
| ergative | kameuk | kameuak | kameuek |
| dative | kameuri | kameuari | kameuei |
| genitive | kameuren | kameuaren | kameuen |
| comitative | kameurekin | kameuarekin | kameuekin |
| causative | kameurengatik | kameuarengatik | kameuengatik |
| benefactive | kameurentzat | kameuarentzat | kameuentzat |
| instrumental | kameuz | kameuaz | kameuez |
| inessive | kameutan | kameuan | kameuetan |
| locative | kameutako | kameuko | kameuetako |
| allative | kameutara | kameura | kameuetara |
| terminative | kameutaraino | kameuraino | kameuetaraino |
| directive | kameutarantz | kameurantz | kameuetarantz |
| destinative | kameutarako | kameurako | kameuetarako |
| ablative | kameutatik | kameutik | kameuetatik |
| partitive | kameurik | — | — |
| prolative | kameutzat | — | — |
Further reading
- "kameu" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
West Makian
Etymology
Possibly related to Ternate ngau (“ear”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.ˈme.u/
Noun
kameu
- ear
Alternative forms
- kamou
References
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics