meatze
Basque
Etymology
From mea (“mineral, ore”) + -tze.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meat͡s̻e/, [me̞.a.t͡s̻e̞]
Noun
meatze inan
- mine (excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken)
- Synonyms: meatoki, meategi
Declension
| Declension of meatze (inanimate, ending in vowel) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
| absolutive | meatze | meatzea | meatzeak |
| ergative | meatzek | meatzeak | meatzeek |
| dative | meatzeri | meatzeari | meatzeei |
| genitive | meatzeren | meatzearen | meatzeen |
| comitative | meatzerekin | meatzearekin | meatzeekin |
| causative | meatzerengatik | meatzearengatik | meatzeengatik |
| benefactive | meatzerentzat | meatzearentzat | meatzeentzat |
| instrumental | meatzez | meatzeaz | meatzeez |
| inessive | meatzetan | meatzean | meatzeetan |
| locative | meatzetako | meatzeko | meatzeetako |
| allative | meatzetara | meatzera | meatzeetara |
| terminative | meatzetaraino | meatzeraino | meatzeetaraino |
| directive | meatzetarantz | meatzerantz | meatzeetarantz |
| destinative | meatzetarako | meatzerako | meatzeetarako |
| ablative | meatzetatik | meatzetik | meatzeetatik |
| partitive | meatzerik | — | — |
| prolative | meatzetzat | — | — |
Derived terms
- meatzari (“miner”)
- meatzari-talde
- meatzaritza-lan (“working, tilling a mine”)
- meatzaritza (“mining, the mining industry”)
- meatze-aho (“entrance to a mine”)
Further reading
- "meatze" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
- “meatze” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus