modu
Basque
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from Latin modus (“measure, manner”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]modu inan
Declension
[edit]Declension of modu (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | modu | modua | moduak |
ergative | moduk | moduak | moduek |
dative | moduri | moduari | moduei |
genitive | moduren | moduaren | moduen |
comitative | modurekin | moduarekin | moduekin |
causative | modurengatik | moduarengatik | moduengatik |
benefactive | modurentzat | moduarentzat | moduentzat |
instrumental | moduz | moduaz | moduez |
inessive | modutan | moduan | moduetan |
locative | modutako | moduko | moduetako |
allative | modutara | modura | moduetara |
terminative | modutaraino | moduraino | moduetaraino |
directive | modutarantz | modurantz | moduetarantz |
destinative | modutarako | modurako | moduetarako |
ablative | modutatik | modutik | moduetatik |
partitive | modurik | — | — |
prolative | modutzat | — | — |
Derived terms
[edit]- modu berean (“in the same way”)
- modu on (“modesty”)
- modu onean (“appropriately”)
- modu oneko (“appropriate”)
- modu onez (“appropriately”)
- modu txarrean
- modua egin
- moduan (“like, in the manner of”)
- moduko (“similar”)
- modura (“like, in the manner of”)
- modutsu
- moduz
- moduzko
- moduzkotasun
- moduztatu
- zer moduz (“how are you?”)
Further reading
[edit]- “modu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
- “modu”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Slovene
[edit]Noun
[edit]modu