hamasei

Basque

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Cardinal: hamasei     Ordinal: hamaseigarren     Fractional: hamaseiren

Etymology

From hamar (“ten”) +‎ sei (“six”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Southern) /amas̺ei̯/, [a.ma.s̺e̞i̯]
• IPA^(key): (Northern) /hamas̺ei̯/, [ɦa.ma.s̺e̞i̯]

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Numeral

hamasei

1. sixteen

Declension

Declension of hamasei (numeral, ending in vowel)

		indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive		hamasei	hamaseia	hamaseiak
ergative		hamaseik	hamaseiak	hamaseiek
dative		hamaseiri	hamaseiari	hamaseiei
genitive		hamaseiren	hamaseiaren	hamaseien
comitative		hamaseirekin	hamaseiarekin	hamaseiekin
causative		hamaseirengatik	hamaseiarengatik	hamaseiengatik
benefactive		hamaseirentzat	hamaseiarentzat	hamaseientzat
instrumental		hamaseiz	hamaseiaz	hamaseiez
inessive	anim	hamaseirengan	hamaseiarengan	hamaseiengan
	inan	hamaseitan	hamaseian	hamaseietan
locative	anim	—	—	—
	inan	hamaseitako	hamaseiko	hamaseietako
allative	anim	hamaseirengana	hamaseiarengana	hamaseiengana
	inan	hamaseitara	hamaseira	hamaseietara
terminative	anim	hamaseirenganaino	hamaseiarenganaino	hamaseienganaino
	inan	hamaseitaraino	hamaseiraino	hamaseietaraino
directive	anim	hamaseirenganantz	hamaseiarenganantz	hamaseienganantz
	inan	hamaseitarantz	hamaseirantz	hamaseietarantz
destinative	anim	hamaseirenganako	hamaseiarenganako	hamaseienganako
	inan	hamaseitarako	hamaseirako	hamaseietarako
ablative	anim	hamaseirengandik	hamaseiarengandik	hamaseiengandik
	inan	hamaseitatik	hamaseitik	hamaseietatik
partitive		hamaseirik	—	—
prolative		hamaseitzat	—	—

Derived terms

• berrogeita hamasei (“fifty-six”)
• hamaseigarren (“sixteenth”)
• hamaseiko
• hamaseina (“sixteen each”)
• hamaseinaka (“in groups of sixteen”)
• hamaseitar (“hexadecimal”)
• hirurogeita hamasei (“seventy-six”)
• hogeita hamasei (“thirty-six”)
• laurogeita hamasei (“ninety-six”)

Further reading

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