porru-hazi
Basque
Etymology
From porru (“leek”) + hazi (“seed”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Southern) /poru as̻i/, [po̞.ru a.s̻i]
- IPA(key): (Northern) /poru has̻i/, [po̞.ru ɦa.s̻i]
Noun
porru-hazi inan
- (informal) benefit, profit, gain
- 2002, Manuel Matxain, “Morroi baten arrenkurak”, in Antonio Zavala, editor, Uste gabean (Auspoa Liburutegia; 277), Auspoa, →ISBN, page 65:
- Orain sei illabete,
gutxi gora-bera,
morroi etorri nintzan
baserri batera,
porru-azi aundirik
eztet nik atera.- Six months ago
more or less,
I started working
in a farm,
little benefit
did I obtain.
- Six months ago
Declension
| Declension of porru-hazi (inanimate, ending in vowel) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
| absolutive | porru-hazi | porru-hazia | porru-haziak |
| ergative | porru-hazik | porru-haziak | porru-haziek |
| dative | porru-haziri | porru-haziari | porru-haziei |
| genitive | porru-haziren | porru-haziaren | porru-hazien |
| comitative | porru-hazirekin | porru-haziarekin | porru-haziekin |
| causative | porru-hazirengatik | porru-haziarengatik | porru-haziengatik |
| benefactive | porru-hazirentzat | porru-haziarentzat | porru-hazientzat |
| instrumental | porru-haziz | porru-haziaz | porru-haziez |
| inessive | porru-hazitan | porru-hazian | porru-hazietan |
| locative | porru-hazitako | porru-haziko | porru-hazietako |
| allative | porru-hazitara | porru-hazira | porru-hazietara |
| terminative | porru-hazitaraino | porru-haziraino | porru-hazietaraino |
| directive | porru-hazitarantz | porru-hazirantz | porru-hazietarantz |
| destinative | porru-hazitarako | porru-hazirako | porru-hazietarako |
| ablative | porru-hazitatik | porru-hazitik | porru-hazietatik |
| partitive | porru-hazirik | — | — |
| prolative | porru-hazitzat | — | — |
Further reading
- “porru-hazi” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus