tindagai

Basque

Etymology

From tindatu (“to dye”) +‎ gai (“substance, matter”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tindaɡai̯/ [t̪ĩn̪.d̪a.ɣ̞ai̯]
• Rhymes: -aɡai̯, -ai̯
• Hyphenation: tin‧da‧gai

Noun

tindagai inan

1. dye

Declension

Declension of tindagai (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	tindagai	tindagaia	tindagaiak
ergative	tindagaik	tindagaiak	tindagaiek
dative	tindagairi	tindagaiari	tindagaiei
genitive	tindagairen	tindagaiaren	tindagaien
comitative	tindagairekin	tindagaiarekin	tindagaiekin
causative	tindagairengatik	tindagaiarengatik	tindagaiengatik
benefactive	tindagairentzat	tindagaiarentzat	tindagaientzat
instrumental	tindagaiz	tindagaiaz	tindagaiez
inessive	tindagaitan	tindagaian	tindagaietan
locative	tindagaitako	tindagaiko	tindagaietako
allative	tindagaitara	tindagaira	tindagaietara
terminative	tindagaitaraino	tindagairaino	tindagaietaraino
directive	tindagaitarantz	tindagairantz	tindagaietarantz
destinative	tindagaitarako	tindagairako	tindagaietarako
ablative	tindagaitatik	tindagaitik	tindagaietatik
partitive	tindagairik	—	—
prolative	tindagaitzat	—	—

Derived terms

• otxar tindagai (“common madder”)

Further reading

• “tindagai”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]