denbora
Basque
Etymology
Probably borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin tempora, nominative plural of tempus (“time”), during the Middle Ages.[1] The "weather" sense is semantic loan from French temps and Spanish tiempo.
Pronunciation
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Noun
denbora inan
- time
- era, times
- (Navarro-Lapurdian, Soule, Upper Navarre) weather
- (grammar) tense
- Synonym: aldi
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | denbora | denbora | denborak |
| ergative | denborak | denborak | denborek |
| dative | denborari | denborari | denborei |
| genitive | denboraren | denboraren | denboren |
| comitative | denborarekin | denborarekin | denborekin |
| causative | denborarengatik | denborarengatik | denborengatik |
| benefactive | denborarentzat | denborarentzat | denborentzat |
| instrumental | denboraz | denboraz | denborez |
| inessive | denboratan | denboran | denboretan |
| locative | denboratako | denborako | denboretako |
| allative | denboratara | denborara | denboretara |
| terminative | denborataraino | denboraraino | denboretaraino |
| directive | denboratarantz | denborarantz | denboretarantz |
| destinative | denboratarako | denborarako | denboretarako |
| ablative | denboratatik | denboratik | denboretatik |
| partitive | denborarik | — | — |
| prolative | denboratzat | — | — |
References
- ^ R. L. Trask (2008) “denbora”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 154
Further reading
- “denbora”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “denbora”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005