doinu

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tono (“tone”), influenced by soinu (“sound”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Southern) /doɲu/, [d̪o̞.ɲu]
• IPA^(key): (Northern) /doi̯nu/, [d̪o̞i̯.nu]

Noun

doinu inan

1. (music) tune

Declension

Declension of doinu (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	doinu	doinua	doinuak
ergative	doinuk	doinuak	doinuek
dative	doinuri	doinuari	doinuei
genitive	doinuren	doinuaren	doinuen
comitative	doinurekin	doinuarekin	doinuekin
causative	doinurengatik	doinuarengatik	doinuengatik
benefactive	doinurentzat	doinuarentzat	doinuentzat
instrumental	doinuz	doinuaz	doinuez
inessive	doinutan	doinuan	doinuetan
locative	doinutako	doinuko	doinuetako
allative	doinutara	doinura	doinuetara
terminative	doinutaraino	doinuraino	doinuetaraino
directive	doinutarantz	doinurantz	doinuetarantz
destinative	doinutarako	doinurako	doinuetarako
ablative	doinutatik	doinutik	doinuetatik
partitive	doinurik	—	—
prolative	doinutzat	—	—

Derived terms

• toinuera (“voice tone”)

Further reading

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

Laz

Noun

doinu

1. to give birth