zumake

Basque

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Spanish zumaque (“sumac”), ultimately from Andalusian Arabic and Arabic سُمَّاق (summāq, “sumac”), from Aramaic and Classical Syriac ܣܘܡܩܐ (summāqā, “red, sumac”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s̻umake/, [s̻u.ma.ke̞]

Noun

zumake inan

1. sumac

Declension

Declension of zumake (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	zumake	zumakea	zumakeak
ergative	zumakek	zumakeak	zumakeek
dative	zumakeri	zumakeari	zumakeei
genitive	zumakeren	zumakearen	zumakeen
comitative	zumakerekin	zumakearekin	zumakeekin
causative	zumakerengatik	zumakearengatik	zumakeengatik
benefactive	zumakerentzat	zumakearentzat	zumakeentzat
instrumental	zumakez	zumakeaz	zumakeez
inessive	zumaketan	zumakean	zumakeetan
locative	zumaketako	zumakeko	zumakeetako
allative	zumaketara	zumakera	zumakeetara
terminative	zumaketaraino	zumakeraino	zumakeetaraino
directive	zumaketarantz	zumakerantz	zumakeetarantz
destinative	zumaketarako	zumakerako	zumakeetarako
ablative	zumaketatik	zumaketik	zumakeetatik
partitive	zumakerik	—	—
prolative	zumaketzat	—	—

Further reading

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