ohoin

Basque

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *onoin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ohoi̯n/ [o.hõĩ̯n]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /oi̯n/ [õĩ̯n]
• Rhymes: -ohoi̯n
• Rhymes: -oi̯n
• Hyphenation: o‧hoin

Noun

ohoin anim

1. thief

   Synonym: lapur

   Ohoinak leihotik zehar sartu ziren ta objektu batzuk hartu zituzten.

   The thieves entered through the window and took some objects.

Declension

Declension of ohoin (animate, ending in consonant)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	ohoin	ohoina	ohoinak
ergative	ohoinek	ohoinak	ohoinek
dative	ohoini	ohoinari	ohoinei
genitive	ohoinen	ohoinaren	ohoinen
comitative	ohoinekin	ohoinarekin	ohoinekin
causative	ohoinengatik	ohoinarengatik	ohoinengatik
benefactive	ohoinentzat	ohoinarentzat	ohoinentzat
instrumental	ohoinez	ohoinaz	ohoinez
inessive	ohoinengan	ohoinarengan	ohoinengan
locative	—	—	—
allative	ohoinengana	ohoinarengana	ohoinengana
terminative	ohoinenganaino	ohoinarenganaino	ohoinenganaino
directive	ohoinenganantz	ohoinarenganantz	ohoinenganantz
destinative	ohoinenganako	ohoinarenganako	ohoinenganako
ablative	ohoinengandik	ohoinarengandik	ohoinengandik
partitive	ohoinik	—	—
prolative	ohointzat	—	—

References

• “ohoin” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

Further reading

• “ohoin”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia, Euskaltzaindia
• “ohoin”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia, Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005