angurri

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin angūria (“watermelon”), with the final -a reinterpreted as an article.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /anɡuri/ [aŋ.ɡu.ri]
• Rhymes: -uri
• Hyphenation: an‧gu‧rri

Noun

angurri inan

1. wild melon

Declension

Declension of angurri (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	angurri	angurria	angurriak
ergative	angurrik	angurriak	angurriek
dative	angurriri	angurriari	angurriei
genitive	angurriren	angurriaren	angurrien
comitative	angurrirekin	angurriarekin	angurriekin
causative	angurrirengatik	angurriarengatik	angurriengatik
benefactive	angurrirentzat	angurriarentzat	angurrientzat
instrumental	angurriz	angurriaz	angurriez
inessive	angurritan	angurrian	angurrietan
locative	angurritako	angurriko	angurrietako
allative	angurritara	angurrira	angurrietara
terminative	angurritaraino	angurriraino	angurrietaraino
directive	angurritarantz	angurrirantz	angurrietarantz
destinative	angurritarako	angurrirako	angurrietarako
ablative	angurritatik	angurritik	angurrietatik
partitive	angurririk	—	—
prolative	angurritzat	—	—

Further reading

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