anaia

Basque

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *aNaia or *aNane.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /anai̯a/, [a.nai̯.a]

Noun

anaia anim

  1. brother
  2. (Biscayan) brother of a male
  3. brother (male fellow member of a religious community)
  4. brother (somebody connected by a common cause or situation)

Usage notes

The Biscayan dialect distinguishes anaia, the brother of a male; from neba, the brother of a female. This distinction is also kept in the standard language. Other dialects use anaia for both.

Declension
Declension of anaia (animate, ending in -a)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive anaia anaia anaiak
ergative anaiak anaiak anaiek
dative anaiari anaiari anaiei
genitive anaiaren anaiaren anaien
comitative anaiarekin anaiarekin anaiekin
causative anaiarengatik anaiarengatik anaiengatik
benefactive anaiarentzat anaiarentzat anaientzat
instrumental anaiaz anaiaz anaiez
inessive anaiarengan anaiarengan anaiengan
locative — — —
allative anaiarengana anaiarengana anaiengana
terminative anaiarenganaino anaiarenganaino anaienganaino
directive anaiarenganantz anaiarenganantz anaienganantz
destinative anaiarenganako anaiarenganako anaienganako
ablative anaiarengandik anaiarengandik anaiengandik
partitive anaiarik — —
prolative anaiatzat — —

Derived terms
  • anai-arreba (“siblings”)
  • anai-arreba (“step-siblings”)
  • anaiarte (“fraternity”)
  • anaiarteko (“fraternal”)
  • anaidi (“fraternity”)
  • anaierdi (“step-brother”)
  • anaikide (“brother, member of a brotherhood”)
  • anaikor (“fraternal”)
  • anaiorde (“step-brother”)
  • anaitar (“fraternal”)
  • anaitasun (“fraternity”)
  • anaitu (“to fraternize”)
  • anaitzako (“step-brother”)

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

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