auhen

Basque

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /au̯hen/ [au̯.hẽn]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /au̯en/ [au̯.ẽn]
• Rhymes: -au̯hen, -en
• Rhymes: -au̯en, -en
• Hyphenation: au‧hen

Noun

auhen inan

1. lament, grievance

Declension

Declension of auhen (inanimate, ending in consonant)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	auhen	auhena	auhenak
ergative	auhenek	auhenak	auhenek
dative	auheni	auhenari	auhenei
genitive	auhenen	auhenaren	auhenen
comitative	auhenekin	auhenarekin	auhenekin
causative	auhenengatik	auhenarengatik	auhenengatik
benefactive	auhenentzat	auhenarentzat	auhenentzat
instrumental	auhenez	auhenaz	auhenez
inessive	auhenetan	auhenean	auhenetan
locative	auhenetako	auheneko	auhenetako
allative	auhenetara	auhenera	auhenetara
terminative	auhenetaraino	auheneraino	auhenetaraino
directive	auhenetarantz	auhenerantz	auhenetarantz
destinative	auhenetarako	auhenerako	auhenetarako
ablative	auhenetatik	auhenetik	auhenetatik
partitive	auhenik	—	—
prolative	auhentzat	—	—

Derived terms

• auhen egin (“to lament”)
• auhendagarri (“tearful”)
• auhendatu (“to lament”)
• auhenka (“lamenting”)

Further reading

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