kuttun

Basque

Etymology

From kutun, with expressive palatalization.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kucun/ [ku.cũn]
• Rhymes: -ucun, -un
• Hyphenation: ku‧ttun

Adjective

kuttun (comparative kuttunago, superlative kuttunen, excessive kuttunegi)

1. (endearing) darling; dear

Declension

Declension of kuttun (animate and inanimate, ending in consonant)

		indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive		kuttun	kuttuna	kuttunak
ergative		kuttunek	kuttunak	kuttunek
dative		kuttuni	kuttunari	kuttunei
genitive		kuttunen	kuttunaren	kuttunen
comitative		kuttunekin	kuttunarekin	kuttunekin
causative		kuttunengatik	kuttunarengatik	kuttunengatik
benefactive		kuttunentzat	kuttunarentzat	kuttunentzat
instrumental		kuttunez	kuttunaz	kuttunez
inessive	anim	kuttunengan	kuttunarengan	kuttunengan
	inan	kuttunetan	kuttunean	kuttunetan
locative	anim	—	—	—
	inan	kuttunetako	kuttuneko	kuttunetako
allative	anim	kuttunengana	kuttunarengana	kuttunengana
	inan	kuttunetara	kuttunera	kuttunetara
terminative	anim	kuttunenganaino	kuttunarenganaino	kuttunenganaino
	inan	kuttunetaraino	kuttuneraino	kuttunetaraino
directive	anim	kuttunenganantz	kuttunarenganantz	kuttunenganantz
	inan	kuttunetarantz	kuttunerantz	kuttunetarantz
destinative	anim	kuttunenganako	kuttunarenganako	kuttunenganako
	inan	kuttunetarako	kuttunerako	kuttunetarako
ablative	anim	kuttunengandik	kuttunarengandik	kuttunengandik
	inan	kuttunetatik	kuttunetik	kuttunetatik
partitive		kuttunik	—	—
prolative		kuttuntzat	—	—

Further reading

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