behe
Appearance
Basque
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Basque *be(h)e, possibly compare Iberian bei.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /behe/ [be.he]
- IPA(key): (Southern) /be/ [be]
- Rhymes: -ehe, -e
- Rhymes: -e
- Hyphenation: be‧he
Adjective
[edit]behe (comparative beheago, superlative beheen, excessive beheegi)
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- Behe Paleolitiko (“Lower Paleolithic”)
- behe-denboraldi (“low season”)
- behe-erliebe
- behe-hodei
- behe-laino
- behe-maila
- behe-mailako
- behe-nafarrera (“Low Navarrese”)
- behe-presio
- behe-tentsio
Noun
[edit]behe inan
Usage notes
[edit]This word is rarely found as an independent noun. It is more often used in compounds or in inflected forms like beheko (“lower”), which are used as adjectives or adverbs.
Declension
[edit]indefinite | singular | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
absolutive | behe | behea | beheak |
ergative | behek | beheak | beheek |
dative | beheri | beheari | beheei |
genitive | beheren | behearen | beheen |
comitative | beherekin | behearekin | beheekin |
causative | beherengatik | behearengatik | beheengatik |
benefactive | beherentzat | behearentzat | beheentzat |
instrumental | behez | beheaz | beheez |
inessive | behetan | behean | beheetan |
locative | behetako | beheko | beheetako |
allative | behetara | behera | beheetara |
terminative | behetaraino | beheraino | beheetaraino |
directive | behetarantz | beherantz | beheetarantz |
destinative | behetarako | beherako | beheetarako |
ablative | behetatik | behetik | beheetatik |
partitive | beherik | — | — |
prolative | behetzat | — | — |
Derived terms
[edit]- behea jo
- behealde (“lower part”)
- behearen gain
- behegain
- beheiti
- beheiti egin
- beheiti joan
- beheitian
- beheitiko
- beheitimendu
- beheititu
- beheititze
- beheko alde
- beheko marra
- beheko su
- behera (“downwards”)
- behera egin
- beheragarri
- beheraka
- beherakada
- beherako
- beherakoan
- beherakor
- beheraldi
- beheramendu
- beheranzko
- beherapen
- beherarazi
- beheraspen
- beheratasun
- beheratu (“to lower”)
- beheratzaile
- beheratzapen
- beheratze (“lowering”)
- behere
- behereneko
- beherengo
- behetar
- behetik gora
- behetu
Further reading
[edit]- “behe”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “behe”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Tongan
[edit]Adverb
[edit]behe
Yakan
[edit]Noun
[edit]behe
Categories:
- Basque terms inherited from Proto-Basque
- Basque terms derived from Proto-Basque
- Basque terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Basque/ehe
- Rhymes:Basque/ehe/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Basque/e
- Rhymes:Basque/e/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Basque/e/1 syllable
- Basque lemmas
- Basque adjectives
- Basque nouns
- Basque inanimate nouns
- Tongan lemmas
- Tongan adverbs
- Tongan obsolete forms
- Yakan lemmas
- Yakan nouns