basakatu

Basque

Etymology

From basa- (combining form of baso (“forest, wilderness”)) +‎ katu (“cat”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /bas̺akatu/ [ba.s̺a.ka.t̪u]
• Rhymes: -atu, -u
• Hyphenation: ba‧sa‧ka‧tu

Noun

basakatu anim

1. wildcat

Declension

Declension of basakatu (animate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	basakatu	basakatua	basakatuak
ergative	basakatuk	basakatuak	basakatuek
dative	basakaturi	basakatuari	basakatuei
genitive	basakaturen	basakatuaren	basakatuen
comitative	basakaturekin	basakatuarekin	basakatuekin
causative	basakaturengatik	basakatuarengatik	basakatuengatik
benefactive	basakaturentzat	basakatuarentzat	basakatuentzat
instrumental	basakatuz	basakatuaz	basakatuez
inessive	basakaturengan	basakatuarengan	basakatuengan
locative	—	—	—
allative	basakaturengana	basakatuarengana	basakatuengana
terminative	basakaturenganaino	basakatuarenganaino	basakatuenganaino
directive	basakaturenganantz	basakatuarenganantz	basakatuenganantz
destinative	basakaturenganako	basakatuarenganako	basakatuenganako
ablative	basakaturengandik	basakatuarengandik	basakatuengandik
partitive	basakaturik	—	—
prolative	basakatutzat	—	—

Further reading

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