tontor

Basque

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tontor/ [t̪õn̪.t̪or]
• Rhymes: -ontor, -or
• Hyphenation: ton‧tor

Noun

tontor inan

1. peak, summit, tip

   Synonym: gailur

   • 1966, “Ikusi Mendizaleak”, Sabino Lopez de Gereñok (lyrics):

     Ikusi mendizaleak / Baso eta zelaiak / Mendi tontor gainera / Igo behar dugu.

     Look mountaineers / The forests and fields / To the mountain's summit / We must climb.

Declension

Declension of tontor (inanimate, ending in -r)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	tontor	tontorra	tontorrak
ergative	tontorrek	tontorrak	tontorrek
dative	tontorri	tontorrari	tontorrei
genitive	tontorren	tontorraren	tontorren
comitative	tontorrekin	tontorrarekin	tontorrekin
causative	tontorrengatik	tontorrarengatik	tontorrengatik
benefactive	tontorrentzat	tontorrarentzat	tontorrentzat
instrumental	tontorrez	tontorraz	tontorrez
inessive	tontorretan	tontorrean	tontorretan
locative	tontorretako	tontorreko	tontorretako
allative	tontorretara	tontorrera	tontorretara
terminative	tontorretaraino	tontorreraino	tontorretaraino
directive	tontorretarantz	tontorrerantz	tontorretarantz
destinative	tontorretarako	tontorrerako	tontorretarako
ablative	tontorretatik	tontorretik	tontorretatik
partitive	tontorrik	—	—
prolative	tontortzat	—	—

Further reading

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