penintsula

Basque

Etymology

From Spanish península, from Latin paenīnsula.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /penint͡s̺ula/ [pe.nĩn.t͡s̺u.la]

• IPA^(key): (most dialects) /penint͡s̺ula/ [pe.nĩn.t͡s̺u.la]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /penint͡s̻ula/ [pe.nĩn.t͡s̻u.la]

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• Rhymes: -ula, -a
• Hyphenation: pe‧nin‧tsu‧la

Noun

penintsula inan

1. peninsula

Declension

Declension of penintsula (inanimate, ending in -a)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	penintsula	penintsula	penintsulak
ergative	penintsulak	penintsulak	penintsulek
dative	penintsulari	penintsulari	penintsulei
genitive	penintsularen	penintsularen	penintsulen
comitative	penintsularekin	penintsularekin	penintsulekin
causative	penintsularengatik	penintsularengatik	penintsulengatik
benefactive	penintsularentzat	penintsularentzat	penintsulentzat
instrumental	penintsulaz	penintsulaz	penintsulez
inessive	penintsulatan	penintsulan	penintsuletan
locative	penintsulatako	penintsulako	penintsuletako
allative	penintsulatara	penintsulara	penintsuletara
terminative	penintsulataraino	penintsularaino	penintsuletaraino
directive	penintsulatarantz	penintsularantz	penintsuletarantz
destinative	penintsulatarako	penintsularako	penintsuletarako
ablative	penintsulatatik	penintsulatik	penintsuletatik
partitive	penintsularik	—	—
prolative	penintsulatzat	—	—

Derived terms

• Iberiar penintsula (“Iberian peninsula”)

Further reading

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