hogei

Basque

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Cardinal: hogei     Ordinal: hogeigarren     Fractional: hogeiren

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *(h)ogei, further origin unknown, but possibly connected to Iberian oŕkei (“twenty”). A connection with Celtic languages has been proposed (compare Welsh ugain), but it is unlikely since the Proto-Celtic form is *wikantī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /hoɡei̯/ [ho.ɣ̞ei̯]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /oɡei̯/ [o.ɣ̞ei̯]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -oɡei̯, -ei̯
• Hyphenation: ho‧gei

Numeral

hogei

1. twenty

Declension

Declension of hogei (numeral, ending in vowel)

		indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive		hogei	hogeia	hogeiak
ergative		hogeik	hogeiak	hogeiek
dative		hogeiri	hogeiari	hogeiei
genitive		hogeiren	hogeiaren	hogeien
comitative		hogeirekin	hogeiarekin	hogeiekin
causative		hogeirengatik	hogeiarengatik	hogeiengatik
benefactive		hogeirentzat	hogeiarentzat	hogeientzat
instrumental		hogeiz	hogeiaz	hogeiez
inessive	anim	hogeirengan	hogeiarengan	hogeiengan
	inan	hogeitan	hogeian	hogeietan
locative	anim	—	—	—
	inan	hogeitako	hogeiko	hogeietako
allative	anim	hogeirengana	hogeiarengana	hogeiengana
	inan	hogeitara	hogeira	hogeietara
terminative	anim	hogeirenganaino	hogeiarenganaino	hogeienganaino
	inan	hogeitaraino	hogeiraino	hogeietaraino
directive	anim	hogeirenganantz	hogeiarenganantz	hogeienganantz
	inan	hogeitarantz	hogeirantz	hogeietarantz
destinative	anim	hogeirenganako	hogeiarenganako	hogeienganako
	inan	hogeitarako	hogeirako	hogeietarako
ablative	anim	hogeirengandik	hogeiarengandik	hogeiengandik
	inan	hogeitatik	hogeitik	hogeietatik
partitive		hogeirik	—	—
prolative		hogeitzat	—	—

Derived terms

• berrogei (“forty”)
• hirurogei (“sixty”)
• hogei ezkutuko
• hogei otxineko
• hogei soseko
• hogeigarren (“twentieth”)
• hogeiko
• hogeina (“twenty each”)
• hogeinaka (“in groups of twenty”)
• hogeinako (“vigesimal”)
• hogeiren (“twentieth”)
• hogeitaka (“slightly more than twenty”)
• laurogei (“eighty”)
• ogerleko (“coin worth twenty reals”)

Further reading

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