mahai

Basque

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *banai, via an intermediate form *manai. Other possible reconstructions include *banane.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /mahai̯/ [ma.hai̯]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /mai̯/ [mai̯]
• Rhymes: -ahai̯
• Rhymes: -ai̯
• Hyphenation: ma‧hai

Noun

mahai inan

1. table

Declension

Declension of mahai (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	mahai	mahaia	mahaiak
ergative	mahaik	mahaiak	mahaiek
dative	mahairi	mahaiari	mahaiei
genitive	mahairen	mahaiaren	mahaien
comitative	mahairekin	mahaiarekin	mahaiekin
causative	mahairengatik	mahaiarengatik	mahaiengatik
benefactive	mahairentzat	mahaiarentzat	mahaientzat
instrumental	mahaiz	mahaiaz	mahaiez
inessive	mahaitan	mahaian	mahaietan
locative	mahaitako	mahaiko	mahaietako
allative	mahaitara	mahaira	mahaietara
terminative	mahaitaraino	mahairaino	mahaietaraino
directive	mahaitarantz	mahairantz	mahaietarantz
destinative	mahaitarako	mahairako	mahaietarako
ablative	mahaitatik	mahaitik	mahaietatik
partitive	mahairik	—	—
prolative	mahaitzat	—	—

Further reading

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