meatze

Basque

Etymology

From mea (“mineral, ore”) +‎ -tze.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meat͡s̻e/ [me.a.t͡s̻e]
• Rhymes: -ats̻e, -e
• Hyphenation: me‧a‧tze

Noun

meatze inan

1. mine (excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken)

   Synonyms: meatoki, meategi

Declension

Declension of meatze (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	meatze	meatzea	meatzeak
ergative	meatzek	meatzeak	meatzeek
dative	meatzeri	meatzeari	meatzeei
genitive	meatzeren	meatzearen	meatzeen
comitative	meatzerekin	meatzearekin	meatzeekin
causative	meatzerengatik	meatzearengatik	meatzeengatik
benefactive	meatzerentzat	meatzearentzat	meatzeentzat
instrumental	meatzez	meatzeaz	meatzeez
inessive	meatzetan	meatzean	meatzeetan
locative	meatzetako	meatzeko	meatzeetako
allative	meatzetara	meatzera	meatzeetara
terminative	meatzetaraino	meatzeraino	meatzeetaraino
directive	meatzetarantz	meatzerantz	meatzeetarantz
destinative	meatzetarako	meatzerako	meatzeetarako
ablative	meatzetatik	meatzetik	meatzeetatik
partitive	meatzerik	—	—
prolative	meatzetzat	—	—

Derived terms

• meatzari (“miner”)
• meatzari-talde
• meatzaritza (“mining, the mining industry”)
• meatzaritza-lan (“working, tilling a mine”)
• meatze-aho (“entrance to a mine”)

Further reading

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