Basque

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Basque *anabi,[1] probably from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia. Compare also Spanish anavia, Catalan nabiu, Aragonese anayón, Gascon anajon and Languedocien abajon.[2][3]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ahabia/ [a.ha.β̞i.a]
  • IPA(key): (Southern) /abia/ [a.β̞i.a]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Hyphenation: a‧ha‧bi‧a

Noun

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ahabia inan

  1. bilberry, whortleberry

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ ahabia” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
  2. ^ Mitxelena, Koldo L. (1961) Fonética histórica vasca [Basque Historical Phonetics] (Obras completas de Luis Michelena; 1) (in Spanish), Diputación Foral de Guipuzkoa, published 1990, →ISBN, pages 266, 800
  3. ^ Agud, Manuel, Tovar, Antonio (1988) “Materiales para un diccionario etimológico de la lengua vasca (I)”, in Anuario Del Seminario De Filología Vasca «Julio De Urquijo» (in Spanish), volume 22, number 1, Diputación Foral de Guipúzcoa, →DOI, →ISSN, page 262

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