hamaika

Basque

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Cardinal: hamaika     Ordinal: hamaikagarren     Fractional: hamaikaren

Etymology

A derivative of hamar (“ten”) with an unknown second element.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /hamai̯ka/ [ha.mai̯.ka]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /amai̯ka/ [a.mai̯.ka]

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• Rhymes: -ai̯ka, -a
• Hyphenation: ha‧mai‧ka

Numeral

hamaika

1. eleven
2. many, a lot

   Synonyms: makina bat, hamaikatxo, asko

Usage notes

• In the second sense the modified noun must be in the indefinite form.

Declension

Declension of hamaika (numeral, ending in -a)

		indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive		hamaika	hamaika	hamaikak
ergative		hamaikak	hamaikak	hamaikek
dative		hamaikari	hamaikari	hamaikei
genitive		hamaikaren	hamaikaren	hamaiken
comitative		hamaikarekin	hamaikarekin	hamaikekin
causative		hamaikarengatik	hamaikarengatik	hamaikengatik
benefactive		hamaikarentzat	hamaikarentzat	hamaikentzat
instrumental		hamaikaz	hamaikaz	hamaikez
inessive	anim	hamaikarengan	hamaikarengan	hamaikengan
	inan	hamaikatan	hamaikan	hamaiketan
locative	anim	—	—	—
	inan	hamaikatako	hamaikako	hamaiketako
allative	anim	hamaikarengana	hamaikarengana	hamaikengana
	inan	hamaikatara	hamaikara	hamaiketara
terminative	anim	hamaikarenganaino	hamaikarenganaino	hamaikenganaino
	inan	hamaikataraino	hamaikaraino	hamaiketaraino
directive	anim	hamaikarenganantz	hamaikarenganantz	hamaikenganantz
	inan	hamaikatarantz	hamaikarantz	hamaiketarantz
destinative	anim	hamaikarenganako	hamaikarenganako	hamaikenganako
	inan	hamaikatarako	hamaikarako	hamaiketarako
ablative	anim	hamaikarengandik	hamaikarengandik	hamaikengandik
	inan	hamaikatatik	hamaikatik	hamaiketatik
partitive		hamaikarik	—	—
prolative		hamaikatzat	—	—

Derived terms

• hamaikagarren (“eleventh”)
• hamaikako (“eleven, lineup”)
• hamaikana (“eleven each”)
• hamaikanaka (“in groups of eleven”)
• hamaikara (“eleven each”)
• hamaikatxo (“many”)

Further reading

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