anaia

Basque

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *aNaia or *aNane.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /anai̯a/ [a.nai̯.a]
• Rhymes: -ai̯a, -a
• Hyphenation: a‧nai‧a

Noun

anaia anim

1. brother
2. (Biscayan) brother of a male
3. brother (male fellow member of a religious community)
4. brother (somebody connected by a common cause or situation)

Usage notes

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

Declension of anaia (animate, ending in -a)

	indefinite	singular	plural
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

• 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”)

Further reading

• “anaia”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “anaia”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005