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jende

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Basque

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Latin gentem, probably via Old Spanish yente or Spanish gente.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • IPA(key): (Southern) /xende/, [xẽ̞n̪.d̪e̞]
  • IPA(key): (Northern) /jende/, [jẽ̞n̪.d̪e̞]

Noun

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jende anim

  1. people
    • 1990, “Kaixo”, Fermin Muguruza (lyrics)‎[1]performed by Negu Gorriak:
      Egurrezko kutxa baten aldamenean / Jendea negarrez hasten da
      Next to a wooden box / People start crying

Declension

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Declension of jende (animate, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive jende jendea jendeak
ergative jendek jendeak jendeek
dative jenderi jendeari jendeei
genitive jenderen jendearen jendeen
comitative jenderekin jendearekin jendeekin
causative jenderengatik jendearengatik jendeengatik
benefactive jenderentzat jendearentzat jendeentzat
instrumental jendez jendeaz jendeez
inessive jenderengan jendearengan jendeengan
locative
allative jenderengana jendearengana jendeengana
terminative jenderenganaino jendearenganaino jendeenganaino
directive jenderenganantz jendearenganantz jendeenganantz
destinative jenderenganako jendearenganako jendeenganako
ablative jenderengandik jendearengandik jendeengandik
partitive jenderik
prolative jendetzat

Derived terms

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See also

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Further reading

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