ahate

Basque

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *anate, from Latin anatem (“duck”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (Southern) /ate/, [a.t̪e̞]
  • IPA(key): (Northern) /ahate/, [a.ɦa.t̪e̞]
  • (Souletin) IPA(key): /aˈh̃a.te/, [ãˈh̃ã.te]
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Noun

ahate anim

  1. duck

Declension
Declension of ahate (animate, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive ahate ahatea ahateak
ergative ahatek ahateak ahateek
dative ahateri ahateari ahateei
genitive ahateren ahatearen ahateen
comitative ahaterekin ahatearekin ahateekin
causative ahaterengatik ahatearengatik ahateengatik
benefactive ahaterentzat ahatearentzat ahateentzat
instrumental ahatez ahateaz ahateez
inessive ahaterengan ahatearengan ahateengan
locative — — —
allative ahaterengana ahatearengana ahateengana
terminative ahaterenganaino ahatearenganaino ahateenganaino
directive ahaterenganantz ahatearenganantz ahateenganantz
destinative ahaterenganako ahatearenganako ahateenganako
ablative ahaterengandik ahatearengandik ahateengandik
partitive ahaterik — —
prolative ahatetzat — —

Derived terms
  • ahate buztanluze (“northern pintail”)
  • ahate mokozabal (“northern shoveler”)
  • ahate txistulari (“Eurasian wigeon”)
  • ahate-bularki (“magret”)
  • ahate-joko (“goose pulling”)
  • ahate-papar (“magret”)
  • ahateari igeri irakatsi (“to be a know-it-all”)
  • ahatebeltz arrunt (“common scoter”)
  • ahatebeltz hegalzuri (“velvet scoter”)
  • ahatebeltz (“scoter”)
  • ahateki (“duck meat”)
  • ahatekume (“duckling”)
  • ahatettipi (“Eurasian teal”)
  • ahatetxo (“duckling”)

References
  1. “ahate” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

Further reading
  • "ahate" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • “ahate” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus
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