Maite

See also: maite, maité, maíte, Maïté, and máite

Basque

Alternative forms

• Mayte

Etymology

From maite (“love, beloved”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mai̯te/ [mai̯.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ai̯te, -e
• Hyphenation: Mai‧te

Proper noun

Maite anim

1. a female given name

Declension

Declension of Maite (animate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite
absolutive	Maite
ergative	Maitek
dative	Maiteri
genitive	Maiteren
comitative	Maiterekin
causative	Maiterengatik
benefactive	Maiterentzat
instrumental	Maitez
inessive	Maiterengan
locative	—
allative	Maiterengana
terminative	Maiterenganaino
directive	Maiterenganantz
destinative	Maiterenganako
ablative	Maiterengandik
partitive	Maiterik
prolative	Maitetzat

Descendants

• → Spanish: Maite

Further reading

• “Maite”, in Euskal Onomastikaren Datutegia [Basque Onomastic Database], Euskaltzaindia

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Basque Maite.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaite/ [ˈmai̯.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -aite
• Syllabification: Mai‧te

Proper noun

Maite f

1. a female given name
2. a diminutive of the female given name María Teresa