Basajaun

Basque

Etymology

From basa- (combining form of baso (“forest”)) +‎ jaun (“lord”), literally “Lord of the Woods”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /bas̺aɟau̯n/ [ba.s̺a.ɟãũ̯n]

 

• IPA^(key): (Southern) /bas̺axau̯n/ [ba.s̺a.xãũ̯n]

• IPA^(key): (Gipuzkoan) /bas̺axau̯n/ [ba.s̺a.xãũ̯n]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /bas̺ad͡ʒau̯n/ [ba.s̺a.d͡ʒãũ̯n]
• IPA^(key): (Navarrese) /bas̺ajau̯n/ [ba.s̺a.jãũ̯n]

• Rhymes: -aɟau̯n, -au̯n

 

• Rhymes: -axau̯n, -au̯n

• Rhymes: -axau̯n, -au̯n
• Rhymes: -adʒau̯n, -au̯n
• Rhymes: -ajau̯n, -au̯n

• Hyphenation: Ba‧sa‧jaun

Proper noun

Basajaun anim

1. (mythology, folklore) A huge, hairy hominid dwelling in the woods.

Declension

Declension of Basajaun (animate, ending in consonant)

	indefinite
absolutive	Basajaun
ergative	Basajaunek
dative	Basajauni
genitive	Basajaunen
comitative	Basajaunekin
causative	Basajaunengatik
benefactive	Basajaunentzat
instrumental	Basajaunez
inessive	Basajaunengan
locative	—
allative	Basajaunengana
terminative	Basajaunenganaino
directive	Basajaunenganantz
destinative	Basajaunenganako
ablative	Basajaunengandik
partitive	Basajaunik
prolative	Basajauntzat

References

• “Basajaun”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
• “Basajaun”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “Basajaun” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk