habia

See also: Habia and había

Basque

Alternative forms

• kabia (proscribed)

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *kabia, from Latin cavea (“cavity, den, enclosure, cage”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Southern) /abia/, [a.β̞i.a]
• IPA^(key): (Northern) /habia/, [ɦa.β̞i.a]

Noun

habia inan

1. nest

Declension

Declension of habia (inanimate, ending in -a)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	habia	habia	habiak
ergative	habiak	habiak	habiek
dative	habiari	habiari	habiei
genitive	habiaren	habiaren	habien
comitative	habiarekin	habiarekin	habiekin
causative	habiarengatik	habiarengatik	habiengatik
benefactive	habiarentzat	habiarentzat	habientzat
instrumental	habiaz	habiaz	habiez
inessive	habiatan	habian	habietan
locative	habiatako	habiako	habietako
allative	habiatara	habiara	habietara
terminative	habiataraino	habiaraino	habietaraino
directive	habiatarantz	habiarantz	habietarantz
destinative	habiatarako	habiarako	habietarako
ablative	habiatatik	habiatik	habietatik
partitive	habiarik	—	—
prolative	habiatzat	—	—

Derived terms

• habia egin (“to nest”)

Further reading

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

Spanish

Verb

habia

1. Misspelling of había.
2. Obsolete spelling of había.