ukan

Basque

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ukan/ [u.kãn]
• Rhymes: -ukan
• Hyphenation: u‧kan

Verb

ukan du (imperfect participle ukaiten, future participle ukanen, short form ukan, verbal noun ukaite)

1. Northern form of izan (“to have, to possess”)

   Aukera asko ukan ditut. ― I've had many opportunities.

Usage notes

• The Northern citation form ukan corresponds to Southern transitive izan (“to have”), both having the same conjugated forms. Northern dialects use the finite forms of izan (“to be”) only in intransitive senses.

Derived terms

• ukandun (“wealthy”)
• ukanki

 

See also

Basque auxiliary verbs

Dialect	to be	Intransitive auxiliary	Transitive auxiliary	to have
Northern	izan		*edun1	ukan2
Southern	(quality) izan	izan		eduki3
	(state) egon
1. Hypothetical citation form lacking non-finite forms, the non-finite forms of izan, ukan and eduki are used instead. 2. Verb lacking finite forms, *edun is used instead. 3. *edun is also used synonymously.

Further reading

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