gaupasa

Basque

FWOTD – 2 June 2013

Etymology

From gau (“night”) +‎ pasa (“spend”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡau̯pas̺a/ [ɡau̯.pa.s̺a]
• Rhymes: -as̺a, -a
• Hyphenation: gau‧pa‧sa

Noun

gaupasa inan

1. all-nighter
   • 2012 March 2, Berria‎^[1]:

     Gaupasa San Mamesen, Manchesterreko partidarako sarrerak erosteko.

     All-nighter in San Mames to buy tickets for the match in Manchester.

Declension

Declension of gaupasa (inanimate, ending in -a)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	gaupasa	gaupasa	gaupasak
ergative	gaupasak	gaupasak	gaupasek
dative	gaupasari	gaupasari	gaupasei
genitive	gaupasaren	gaupasaren	gaupasen
comitative	gaupasarekin	gaupasarekin	gaupasekin
causative	gaupasarengatik	gaupasarengatik	gaupasengatik
benefactive	gaupasarentzat	gaupasarentzat	gaupasentzat
instrumental	gaupasaz	gaupasaz	gaupasez
inessive	gaupasatan	gaupasan	gaupasetan
locative	gaupasatako	gaupasako	gaupasetako
allative	gaupasatara	gaupasara	gaupasetara
terminative	gaupasataraino	gaupasaraino	gaupasetaraino
directive	gaupasatarantz	gaupasarantz	gaupasetarantz
destinative	gaupasatarako	gaupasarako	gaupasetarako
ablative	gaupasatatik	gaupasatik	gaupasetatik
partitive	gaupasarik	—	—
prolative	gaupasatzat	—	—

Related terms

• gau-pasa (“spending the night”)

Further reading

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