basamortu

Basque

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /bas̺amortu/ [ba.s̺a.mor.t̪u]
• Rhymes: -ortu, -u
• Hyphenation: ba‧sa‧mor‧tu

Noun

basamortu inan

1. desert (barren area of land)

Declension

Declension of basamortu (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	basamortu	basamortua	basamortuak
ergative	basamortuk	basamortuak	basamortuek
dative	basamorturi	basamortuari	basamortuei
genitive	basamorturen	basamortuaren	basamortuen
comitative	basamorturekin	basamortuarekin	basamortuekin
causative	basamorturengatik	basamortuarengatik	basamortuengatik
benefactive	basamorturentzat	basamortuarentzat	basamortuentzat
instrumental	basamortuz	basamortuaz	basamortuez
inessive	basamortutan	basamortuan	basamortuetan
locative	basamortutako	basamortuko	basamortuetako
allative	basamortutara	basamortura	basamortuetara
terminative	basamortutaraino	basamorturaino	basamortuetaraino
directive	basamortutarantz	basamorturantz	basamortuetarantz
destinative	basamortutarako	basamorturako	basamortuetarako
ablative	basamortutatik	basamortutik	basamortuetatik
partitive	basamorturik	—	—
prolative	basamortutzat	—	—

Declension

• basamortuko arrosa (“desert rose”)
• basamortutar (“desertic”)
• basamortutu (“to desert”)
• basamortutze (“desertification”)

Further reading

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