porru
Basque
editEtymology
editEventually from Latin porrum (“leek”).[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editporru inan
Declension
editDeclension of porru (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | porru | porrua | porruak |
ergative | porruk | porruak | porruek |
dative | porruri | porruari | porruei |
genitive | porruren | porruaren | porruen |
comitative | porrurekin | porruarekin | porruekin |
causative | porrurengatik | porruarengatik | porruengatik |
benefactive | porrurentzat | porruarentzat | porruentzat |
instrumental | porruz | porruaz | porruez |
inessive | porrutan | porruan | porruetan |
locative | porrutako | porruko | porruetako |
allative | porrutara | porrura | porruetara |
terminative | porrutaraino | porruraino | porruetaraino |
directive | porrutarantz | porrurantz | porruetarantz |
destinative | porrutarako | porrurako | porruetarako |
ablative | porrutatik | porrutik | porruetatik |
partitive | porrurik | — | — |
prolative | porrutzat | — | — |
Derived terms
edit- kuku-porru (“foxglove”)
- porru eginda (“battered”)
- porru-hazi (“profit”)
- porru-landare (“leek plant”)
- porru-patata (“leeks with potatoes”)
- porruak landatzera bidali (“to tell someone to take a long walk on a short pier”)
- porruak landatzera joan (“take a long walk on a short pier”)
- porruak lerrokatzera bidali (“to tell someone to take a long walk on a short pier”)
- porruak lerrokatzera joan (“take a long walk on a short pier”)
- porrusalda (“leek soup”)
References
edit- ^ “porru” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
Further reading
edit- “porru”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
- “porru”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005