gerri
Appearance
See also: Gerri
Basque
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Basque *geRi.[1]
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]gerri inan
- waist
- trunk (of a tree)
- (figuratively) middle, central part
Declension
[edit]Declension of gerri (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | gerri | gerria | gerriak |
ergative | gerrik | gerriak | gerriek |
dative | gerriri | gerriari | gerriei |
genitive | gerriren | gerriaren | gerrien |
comitative | gerrirekin | gerriarekin | gerriekin |
causative | gerrirengatik | gerriarengatik | gerriengatik |
benefactive | gerrirentzat | gerriarentzat | gerrientzat |
instrumental | gerriz | gerriaz | gerriez |
inessive | gerritan | gerrian | gerrietan |
locative | gerritako | gerriko | gerrietako |
allative | gerritara | gerrira | gerrietara |
terminative | gerritaraino | gerriraino | gerrietaraino |
directive | gerritarantz | gerrirantz | gerrietarantz |
destinative | gerritarako | gerrirako | gerrietarako |
ablative | gerritatik | gerritik | gerrietatik |
partitive | gerririk | — | — |
prolative | gerritzat | — | — |
Derived terms
[edit]- gerri-buelta (“waist circumference”)
- gerri-txori (“treecreeper”) (see there for further derivations)
- gerrialde (“waistline”)
- gerrikatu (“to adjust the clothing”)
- gerriko (“belt”) (see there for further derivations)
- gerriondo (“waist”)
- gerripeko (“skirt”)
- gerriratu (“to tuck in, to hike up”)
References
[edit]- ^ “gerri” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
Further reading
[edit]- “gerri”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
- “gerri”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005