elkarlan

Basque

FWOTD – 9 October 2012

Etymology

From elkar (“each other”) +‎ lan (“work”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /elkarlan/ [el.kar.lãn]

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• Rhymes: -arlan, -an
• Hyphenation: el‧kar‧lan

Noun

elkarlan inan

1. teamwork, cooperation
   • 2009, Luis Baraizarra, transl., Vatikanoko II. Kontzilio Ekumenikoa, University of Deusto, →ISBN, page 515:

     Koordinazio eta elkarlan handiagotik emaitza on-onak jasoko dira, batez ere Institutu akademikoen arloan.

     Greater coordination and cooperation will yield excellent results, particularly regarding academic institutions.

Inflection

Declension of elkarlan (inanimate, ending in consonant)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	elkarlan	elkarlana	elkarlanak
ergative	elkarlanek	elkarlanak	elkarlanek
dative	elkarlani	elkarlanari	elkarlanei
genitive	elkarlanen	elkarlanaren	elkarlanen
comitative	elkarlanekin	elkarlanarekin	elkarlanekin
causative	elkarlanengatik	elkarlanarengatik	elkarlanengatik
benefactive	elkarlanentzat	elkarlanarentzat	elkarlanentzat
instrumental	elkarlanez	elkarlanaz	elkarlanez
inessive	elkarlanetan	elkarlanean	elkarlanetan
locative	elkarlanetako	elkarlaneko	elkarlanetako
allative	elkarlanetara	elkarlanera	elkarlanetara
terminative	elkarlanetaraino	elkarlaneraino	elkarlanetaraino
directive	elkarlanetarantz	elkarlanerantz	elkarlanetarantz
destinative	elkarlanetarako	elkarlanerako	elkarlanetarako
ablative	elkarlanetatik	elkarlanetik	elkarlanetatik
partitive	elkarlanik	—	—
prolative	elkarlantzat	—	—

Further reading

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