mendi

See also: méndì and Mendi

Basque

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *bendi. Not related in any way to Latin mons, as this would have given *monde. It appears as the final element -pendi in the last name Auzpendi (modern Auzmendi) and as the initial element in the name Mendibil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mendi/ [mẽn̪.d̪i]

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• Rhymes: -endi, -i
• Hyphenation: men‧di

Noun

mendi inan

1. mountain

Declension

Declension of mendi (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	mendi	mendia	mendiak
ergative	mendik	mendiak	mendiek
dative	mendiri	mendiari	mendiei
genitive	mendiren	mendiaren	mendien
comitative	mendirekin	mendiarekin	mendiekin
causative	mendirengatik	mendiarengatik	mendiengatik
benefactive	mendirentzat	mendiarentzat	mendientzat
instrumental	mendiz	mendiaz	mendiez
inessive	menditan	mendian	mendietan
locative	menditako	mendiko	mendietako
allative	menditara	mendira	mendietara
terminative	menditaraino	mendiraino	mendietaraino
directive	menditarantz	mendirantz	mendietarantz
destinative	menditarako	mendirako	mendietarako
ablative	menditatik	menditik	mendietatik
partitive	mendirik	—	—
prolative	menditzat	—	—

Further reading

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

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin mando.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• IPA^(key): [ˈmendi]
• Rhymes: -endi
• Hyphenation: mend‧i

Verb

mendi (present mendas, past mendis, future mendos, conditional mendus, volitive mendu)

1. to order (request some product or service)

Conjugation

Conjugation of mendi

		present		past		future
		singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
tense		mendas		mendis		mendos
active participle		mendanta	mendantaj	mendinta	mendintaj	mendonta	mendontaj
	acc.	mendantan	mendantajn	mendintan	mendintajn	mendontan	mendontajn
passive participle		mendata	mendataj	mendita	menditaj	mendota	mendotaj
	acc.	mendatan	mendatajn	menditan	menditajn	mendotan	mendotajn
nominal active participle		mendanto	mendantoj	mendinto	mendintoj	mendonto	mendontoj
	acc.	mendanton	mendantojn	mendinton	mendintojn	mendonton	mendontojn
nominal passive participle		mendato	mendatoj	mendito	menditoj	mendoto	mendotoj
	acc.	mendaton	mendatojn	menditon	menditojn	mendoton	mendotojn
adverbial active participle		mendante		mendinte		mendonte
adverbial passive participle		mendate		mendite		mendote
		infinitive	mendi	imperative	mendu	conditional	mendus

Derived terms

• antaŭmendi (“to preorder”)

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmen.diː/, [ˈmɛn̪d̪iː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmen.di/, [ˈmɛn̪d̪i]

Noun

mendī

1. genitive singular of mendum