erdara

Basque

Alternative forms

• erdera

Etymology

Contains the suffix -era (“language”). The first element is uncertain, possibilities include erdi (“half”) and erdu (“to come, to arrive”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /erdaɾa/ [er.ð̞a.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -aɾa, -a
• Hyphenation: er‧da‧ra

Noun

erdara inan

1. Any language other than Basque, especially Spanish and French.

Declension

Declension of erdara (inanimate, singular only, ending in -a)

	indefinite	singular
absolutive	erdara	erdara
ergative	—	erdarak
dative	—	erdarari
genitive	—	erdararen
comitative	—	erdararekin
causative	—	erdararengatik
benefactive	—	erdararentzat
instrumental	erdaraz	erdaraz
inessive	—	erdaran
locative	—	—
allative	—	—
terminative	—	—
directive	—	—
destinative	—	—
ablative	—	—
partitive	erdararik	—
prolative	erdaratzat	—

Derived terms

• ahuntz-erdara
• erdaldun (“non-Basque speaker”)
• erdaldundu
• erdalkeria
• erdaltzale
• erdaltzaletasun
• erdaltzaletu
• erdara gaizto
• erdara mordoilo
• erdarakada (“barbarism”)
• erdaratu (“to translate into a language other than Basque”)
• erdaratzaile
• zapo-erdara

Further reading

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