jostun

Basque

Etymology

From josi (“to sew”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ɟos̺tun/ [ɟos̺.t̪ũn]

 

• IPA^(key): (Southern) /xos̺tun/ [xos̺.t̪ũn]

• IPA^(key): (Gipuzkoan) /xos̺tun/ [xos̺.t̪ũn]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /d͡ʒos̺tun/ [d͡ʒos̺.t̪ũn]
• IPA^(key): (Navarrese) /jos̺tun/ [jos̺.t̪ũn]

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• Rhymes: -os̺tun, -un
• Hyphenation: jos‧tun

Noun

jostun anim

1. tailor

Declension

Declension of jostun (animate, ending in consonant)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	jostun	jostuna	jostunak
ergative	jostunek	jostunak	jostunek
dative	jostuni	jostunari	jostunei
genitive	jostunen	jostunaren	jostunen
comitative	jostunekin	jostunarekin	jostunekin
causative	jostunengatik	jostunarengatik	jostunengatik
benefactive	jostunentzat	jostunarentzat	jostunentzat
instrumental	jostunez	jostunaz	jostunez
inessive	jostunengan	jostunarengan	jostunengan
locative	—	—	—
allative	jostunengana	jostunarengana	jostunengana
terminative	jostunenganaino	jostunarenganaino	jostunenganaino
directive	jostunenganantz	jostunarenganantz	jostunenganantz
destinative	jostunenganako	jostunarenganako	jostunenganako
ablative	jostunengandik	jostunarengandik	jostunengandik
partitive	jostunik	—	—
prolative	jostuntzat	—	—

Derived terms

• jostundegi

Further reading

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