hamalau

Basque

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Cardinal: hamalau     Ordinal: hamalaugarren     Fractional: hamalauren

Etymology

From hamar (“ten”) +‎ lau (“four”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Southern) /amalau̯/, [a.ma.lau̯]
• IPA^(key): (Northern) /hamalau̯/, [ɦa.ma.lau̯]

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Numeral

hamalau

1. fourteen

Declension

Declension of hamalau (numeral, ending in vowel)

		indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive		hamalau	hamalaua	hamalauak
ergative		hamalauk	hamalauak	hamalauek
dative		hamalauri	hamalauari	hamalauei
genitive		hamalauren	hamalauaren	hamalauen
comitative		hamalaurekin	hamalauarekin	hamalauekin
causative		hamalaurengatik	hamalauarengatik	hamalauengatik
benefactive		hamalaurentzat	hamalauarentzat	hamalauentzat
instrumental		hamalauz	hamalauaz	hamalauez
inessive	anim	hamalaurengan	hamalauarengan	hamalauengan
	inan	hamalautan	hamalauan	hamalauetan
locative	anim	—	—	—
	inan	hamalautako	hamalauko	hamalauetako
allative	anim	hamalaurengana	hamalauarengana	hamalauengana
	inan	hamalautara	hamalaura	hamalauetara
terminative	anim	hamalaurenganaino	hamalauarenganaino	hamalauenganaino
	inan	hamalautaraino	hamalauraino	hamalauetaraino
directive	anim	hamalaurenganantz	hamalauarenganantz	hamalauenganantz
	inan	hamalautarantz	hamalaurantz	hamalauetarantz
destinative	anim	hamalaurenganako	hamalauarenganako	hamalauenganako
	inan	hamalautarako	hamalaurako	hamalauetarako
ablative	anim	hamalaurengandik	hamalauarengandik	hamalauengandik
	inan	hamalautatik	hamalautik	hamalauetatik
partitive		hamalaurik	—	—
prolative		hamalautzat	—	—

Derived terms

• berrogeita hamalau (“fifty-four”)
• hamalaudun (“sonnet”)
• hamalaugarren (“fourteenth”)
• hamalauna (“fourteen each”)
• hamalaunaka (“in groups of fourteen”)
• hamalaurkun (“sonnet”)
• hirurogeita hamalau (“seventy-four”)
• hogeita hamalau (“thirty-four”)
• laurogeita hamalau (“ninety-four”)

Further reading

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