ahuntz
Basque
Etymology
From Proto-Basque *anutz, perhaps from a root *anu- (compare obsolete antx (“he-goat, billy goat”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ahunt͡s̻/ [a.hũnt͡s̻]
- IPA(key): (Southern) /au̯nt͡s̻/ [ãũ̯nt͡s̻]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ahunts̻, -unts̻
- Rhymes: -au̯nts̻
- Hyphenation: a‧huntz
Noun
ahuntz anim
- she-goat, nanny goat
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | ahuntz | ahuntza | ahuntzak |
| ergative | ahuntzek | ahuntzak | ahuntzek |
| dative | ahuntzi | ahuntzari | ahuntzei |
| genitive | ahuntzen | ahuntzaren | ahuntzen |
| comitative | ahuntzekin | ahuntzarekin | ahuntzekin |
| causative | ahuntzengatik | ahuntzarengatik | ahuntzengatik |
| benefactive | ahuntzentzat | ahuntzarentzat | ahuntzentzat |
| instrumental | ahuntzez | ahuntzaz | ahuntzez |
| inessive | ahuntzengan | ahuntzarengan | ahuntzengan |
| locative | — | — | — |
| allative | ahuntzengana | ahuntzarengana | ahuntzengana |
| terminative | ahuntzenganaino | ahuntzarenganaino | ahuntzenganaino |
| directive | ahuntzenganantz | ahuntzarenganantz | ahuntzenganantz |
| destinative | ahuntzenganako | ahuntzarenganako | ahuntzenganako |
| ablative | ahuntzengandik | ahuntzarengandik | ahuntzengandik |
| partitive | ahuntzik | — | — |
| prolative | ahunztzat | — | — |
Further reading
- “ahuntz”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “ahuntz”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005