denbora
Basque edit
Etymology edit
Probably borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin tempora, nominative plural of tempus (“time”), during the Middle Ages.[1] The "weather" sense is semantic loan from French temps and Spanish tiempo.
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
denbora inan
Declension edit
Declension of denbora (inanimate, ending in -a)
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | denbora | denbora | denborak |
ergative | denborak | denborak | denborek |
dative | denborari | denborari | denborei |
genitive | denboraren | denboraren | denboren |
comitative | denborarekin | denborarekin | denborekin |
causative | denborarengatik | denborarengatik | denborengatik |
benefactive | denborarentzat | denborarentzat | denborentzat |
instrumental | denboraz | denboraz | denborez |
inessive | denboratan | denboran | denboretan |
locative | denboratako | denborako | denboretako |
allative | denboratara | denborara | denboretara |
terminative | denborataraino | denboraraino | denboretaraino |
directive | denboratarantz | denborarantz | denboretarantz |
destinative | denboratarako | denborarako | denboretarako |
ablative | denboratatik | denboratik | denboretatik |
partitive | denborarik | — | — |
prolative | denboratzat | — | — |
References edit
- ^ “denbora” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk