maite
Basque edit
Etymology edit
Probably a Celtic loan, compare Irish maith, Welsh and Breton mad, from Proto-Celtic *matis.[1]
Pronunciation edit
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Adjective edit
maite (comparative maiteago, superlative maiteen, excessive maiteegi)
Declension edit
Declension of maite (adjective, ending in vowel)
Noun edit
maite anim
Usage notes edit
In the second sense, it is only found as the first component of compound words.
Declension edit
Declension of maite (animate, ending in vowel)
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | maite | maitea | maiteak |
| ergative | maitek | maiteak | maiteek |
| dative | maiteri | maiteari | maiteei |
| genitive | maiteren | maitearen | maiteen |
| comitative | maiterekin | maitearekin | maiteekin |
| causative | maiterengatik | maitearengatik | maiteengatik |
| benefactive | maiterentzat | maitearentzat | maiteentzat |
| instrumental | maitez | maiteaz | maiteez |
| inessive | maiterengan | maitearengan | maiteengan |
| locative | — | — | — |
| allative | maiterengana | maitearengana | maiteengana |
| terminative | maiterenganaino | maitearenganaino | maiteenganaino |
| directive | maiterenganantz | maitearenganantz | maiteenganantz |
| destinative | maiterenganako | maitearenganako | maiteenganako |
| ablative | maiterengandik | maitearengandik | maiteengandik |
| partitive | maiterik | — | — |
| prolative | maitetzat | — | — |
Derived terms edit
- maitatu (“to love”)
- maitatzaile (“lover”)
- maite egin (“to kiss, to caress”)
- maite izan (“to love”)
- maite-damu (“contrition”)
- maite-gar (“love, passion”)
- maite-historia (“love story”)
- maite-joko (“flirting”)
- maite-jolas (“flirting”)
- maite-kanta
- maite-maite egin (“to kiss, to caress”)
- maite-su (“love, passion”)
- maiteki (“lovingly”)
- maitekiro (“lovingly”)
- maitekor (“loving, nice”)
- maitemin (“infatuation”)
- maitemindu (“to fall in love”)
- maitetasun (“love”)
- maitetsu (“amorous, loving”)
- maitez (“affectionately, lovingly”)
References edit
- ^ “maite” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
Further reading edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Possibly maito + -e; compare maitoheinä (variously used in dialects for Melampyrum, Taraxacum, Sonchus, Chamaenerion, Hieracium, etc.). Coined by Finnish physician and philologist Elias Lönnrot for Flora Fennica (1860).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
maite
Declension edit
| Inflection of maite (Kotus type 48*C/hame, tt-t gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | maite | maitteet | ||
| genitive | maitteen | maitteiden maitteitten | ||
| partitive | maitetta | maitteita | ||
| illative | maitteeseen | maitteisiin maitteihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | maite | maitteet | ||
| accusative | nom. | maite | maitteet | |
| gen. | maitteen | |||
| genitive | maitteen | maitteiden maitteitten | ||
| partitive | maitetta | maitteita | ||
| inessive | maitteessa | maitteissa | ||
| elative | maitteesta | maitteista | ||
| illative | maitteeseen | maitteisiin maitteihin | ||
| adessive | maitteella | maitteilla | ||
| ablative | maitteelta | maitteilta | ||
| allative | maitteelle | maitteille | ||
| essive | maitteena | maitteina | ||
| translative | maitteeksi | maitteiksi | ||
| abessive | maitteetta | maitteitta | ||
| instructive | — | maittein | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
maite
- past participle of maith
Noun edit
maite m
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| maite | mhaite | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Khumi Chin edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
maite
- (transitive) to wipe
References edit
- K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin[1], Payap University, page 77
Louisiana Creole edit
Etymology edit
From French maître (“master”).
Noun edit
maite
References edit
- Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales