hogei

Basque

Basque numbers (edit)
200
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    Cardinal: hogei
    Ordinal: hogeigarren
    Fractional: hogeiren

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *(h)ogei, further origin unknown, but most likely connected to Iberian orkei (twenty).[1] A connection with Celtic languages has been proposed (compare Welsh ugain), but it is unlikely since the Proto-Celtic form is *wikantī.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /hoɡei̯/ [ho.ɣ̞ei̯]
  • IPA(key): (Southern) /oɡei̯/ [o.ɣ̞ei̯]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -oɡei̯, -ei̯
  • Hyphenation: ho‧gei

Numeral

hogei

  1. twenty

Declension

Declension of hogei (numeral, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive hogei hogeia hogeiak
ergative hogeik hogeiak hogeiek
dative hogeiri hogeiari hogeiei
genitive hogeiren hogeiaren hogeien
comitative hogeirekin hogeiarekin hogeiekin
causative hogeirengatik hogeiarengatik hogeiengatik
benefactive hogeirentzat hogeiarentzat hogeientzat
instrumental hogeiz hogeiaz hogeiez
inessive anim hogeirengan hogeiarengan hogeiengan
inan hogeitan hogeian hogeietan
locative anim
inan hogeitako hogeiko hogeietako
allative anim hogeirengana hogeiarengana hogeiengana
inan hogeitara hogeira hogeietara
terminative anim hogeirenganaino hogeiarenganaino hogeienganaino
inan hogeitaraino hogeiraino hogeietaraino
directive anim hogeirenganantz hogeiarenganantz hogeienganantz
inan hogeitarantz hogeirantz hogeietarantz
destinative anim hogeirenganako hogeiarenganako hogeienganako
inan hogeitarako hogeirako hogeietarako
ablative anim hogeirengandik hogeiarengandik hogeiengandik
inan hogeitatik hogeitik hogeietatik
partitive hogeirik
prolative hogeitzat

Derived terms

  • berrogei (forty)
  • hirurogei (sixty)
  • hogei ezkutuko
  • hogei otxineko
  • hogei soseko
  • hogeigarren (twentieth)
  • hogeiko
  • hogeina (twenty each)
  • hogeinaka (in groups of twenty)
  • hogeinako (vigesimal)
  • hogeiren (twentieth)
  • hogeitaka (slightly more than twenty)
  • laurogei (eighty)
  • ogerleko (coin worth twenty reals)

References

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ R. L. Trask (2008) “hogei”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 304

Further reading

  • hogei”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
  • hogei”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005