Basque edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /katea/ [ka.t̪e.a]
  • Rhymes: -ea
  • Hyphenation: ka‧te‧a

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Latin catēna.

Noun edit

katea inan

  1. Obsolete form of kate (chain).
    • c. 1567, Joan Perez de Lazarraga, Mundu guztian orain ez dago :
      Denpora baten lotu ninduçun / catea fortiz batequin
      You used to bound me / with a strong chain

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

katea

  1. absolutive singular of kate

Further reading edit

  • kate” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus