mendate

Basque

Etymology

From mendi (“mountain”) +‎ ate (“gate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mendate/ [mẽn̪.d̪a.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ate, -e
• Hyphenation: men‧da‧te

Noun

mendate inan

1. mountain pass

Declension

Declension of mendate (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	mendate	mendatea	mendateak
ergative	mendatek	mendateak	mendateek
dative	mendateri	mendateari	mendateei
genitive	mendateren	mendatearen	mendateen
comitative	mendaterekin	mendatearekin	mendateekin
causative	mendaterengatik	mendatearengatik	mendateengatik
benefactive	mendaterentzat	mendatearentzat	mendateentzat
instrumental	mendatez	mendateaz	mendateez
inessive	mendatetan	mendatean	mendateetan
locative	mendatetako	mendateko	mendateetako
allative	mendatetara	mendatera	mendateetara
terminative	mendatetaraino	mendateraino	mendateetaraino
directive	mendatetarantz	mendaterantz	mendateetarantz
destinative	mendatetarako	mendaterako	mendateetarako
ablative	mendatetatik	mendatetik	mendateetatik
partitive	mendaterik	—	—
prolative	mendatetzat	—	—

Further reading

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

Esperanto

Adverb

mendate

1. present adverbial passive participle of mendi