ababor

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish a babor, from French bâbord, from Dutch bakboord.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ababor/ [a.β̞a.β̞or]
• Rhymes: -abor
• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧bor

Noun

ababor inan

1. (nautical) port (left-hand side of a vessel)

Declension

Declension of ababor (inanimate, ending in -r)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	ababor	ababorra	ababorrak
ergative	ababorrek	ababorrak	ababorrek
dative	ababorri	ababorrari	ababorrei
genitive	ababorren	ababorraren	ababorren
comitative	ababorrekin	ababorrarekin	ababorrekin
causative	ababorrengatik	ababorrarengatik	ababorrengatik
benefactive	ababorrentzat	ababorrarentzat	ababorrentzat
instrumental	ababorrez	ababorraz	ababorrez
inessive	ababorretan	ababorrean	ababorretan
locative	ababorretako	ababorreko	ababorretako
allative	ababorretara	ababorrera	ababorretara
terminative	ababorretaraino	ababorreraino	ababorretaraino
directive	ababorretarantz	ababorrerantz	ababorretarantz
destinative	ababorretarako	ababorrerako	ababorretarako
ablative	ababorretatik	ababorretik	ababorretatik
partitive	ababorrik	—	—
prolative	ababortzat	—	—

Further reading

• “ababor”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “ababor”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005