erdi
See also: Erdi
Basque
Etymology
| 20 | ||
| 2 | 3 → | |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: bi Ordinal: bigarren Multiplier: bikoitz Distributive: bina Collective: bikote Fractional: erdi | ||
Unknown.[1] Often compared with Iberian erder (“half”) or Iberian erdi.[2] For the meaning “to give birth”, compare the semantic field of Latin pars (“part”) and the correspondent verb parere (“to give birth”).
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /erdi/ [er.ð̞i]
- Rhymes: -erdi, -i
- Hyphenation: er‧di
Adverb
erdi (not comparable)
Noun
erdi inan or anim
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | erdi | erdia | erdiak | |
| ergative | erdik | erdiak | erdiek | |
| dative | erdiri | erdiari | erdiei | |
| genitive | erdiren | erdiaren | erdien | |
| comitative | erdirekin | erdiarekin | erdiekin | |
| causative | erdirengatik | erdiarengatik | erdiengatik | |
| benefactive | erdirentzat | erdiarentzat | erdientzat | |
| instrumental | erdiz | erdiaz | erdiez | |
| inessive | anim | erdirengan | erdiarengan | erdiengan |
| inan | erditan | erdian | erdietan | |
| locative | anim | — | — | — |
| inan | erditako | erdiko | erdietako | |
| allative | anim | erdirengana | erdiarengana | erdiengana |
| inan | erditara | erdira | erdietara | |
| terminative | anim | erdirenganaino | erdiarenganaino | erdienganaino |
| inan | erditaraino | erdiraino | erdietaraino | |
| directive | anim | erdirenganantz | erdiarenganantz | erdienganantz |
| inan | erditarantz | erdirantz | erdietarantz | |
| destinative | anim | erdirenganako | erdiarenganako | erdienganako |
| inan | erditarako | erdirako | erdietarako | |
| ablative | anim | erdirengandik | erdiarengandik | erdiengandik |
| inan | erditatik | erditik | erdietatik | |
| partitive | erdirik | — | — | |
| prolative | erditzat | — | — | |
Verb
erdi da (imperfect participle erditzen, future participle erdiko, short form erdi, verbal noun erditze)
- to give birth
- Synonym: erditu
References
- ^ R. L. Trask (2008) “erdi”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 173
- ^ Orduña A., Eduardo (2011) “Los numerales ibéricos y el protovasco [Iberian numerals and Proto-Basque]”, in Veleia[1] (in Spanish), volume 28, pages 125–139
Further reading
- “erdi”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “erdi”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Iberian
Alternative forms
- erti
- erder
Etymology
Certainly connected to Basque erdi, see above.
Noun
erdi
- half
- erdi ge tor kal is
- half for each increase
References
- Villamor, Fernando (2020) A basic dictionary and grammar of the Iberian language
Turkish
Verb
erdi
- third-person singular indicative simple past of ermek