anaia
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Basque[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Basque *aNaia or *aNane.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
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Noun[edit]
anaia anim
- brother
- (Biscayan) brother of a male
- brother (male fellow member of a religious community)
- brother (somebody connected by a common cause or situation)
Usage notes[edit]
The Biscayan dialect distinguishes anaia (the brother of a male) from neba (the brother of a female). This distinction is also kept in the standard language. Other dialects use anaia for both.
Declension[edit]
Declension of anaia (animate, ending in -a)
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | anaia | anaia | anaiak |
ergative | anaiak | anaiak | anaiek |
dative | anaiari | anaiari | anaiei |
genitive | anaiaren | anaiaren | anaien |
comitative | anaiarekin | anaiarekin | anaiekin |
causative | anaiarengatik | anaiarengatik | anaiengatik |
benefactive | anaiarentzat | anaiarentzat | anaientzat |
instrumental | anaiaz | anaiaz | anaiez |
inessive | anaiarengan | anaiarengan | anaiengan |
locative | — | — | — |
allative | anaiarengana | anaiarengana | anaiengana |
terminative | anaiarenganaino | anaiarenganaino | anaienganaino |
directive | anaiarenganantz | anaiarenganantz | anaienganantz |
destinative | anaiarenganako | anaiarenganako | anaienganako |
ablative | anaiarengandik | anaiarengandik | anaiengandik |
partitive | anaiarik | — | — |
prolative | anaiatzat | — | — |
Derived terms[edit]
- anai-arreba (“siblings”)
- anai-arreba (“step-siblings”)
- anaiarte (“fraternity”)
- anaiarteko (“fraternal”)
- anaidi (“fraternity”)
- anaierdi (“step-brother”)
- anaikide (“brother, member of a brotherhood”)
- anaikor (“fraternal”)
- anaiorde (“step-brother”)
- anaitar (“fraternal”)
- anaitasun (“fraternity”)
- anaitu (“to fraternize”)
- anaitzako (“step-brother”)
References[edit]
- ^ “anaia” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk