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Basque
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /katea/
- Rhymes: -ea
- Hyphenation: ka‧te‧a
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin catēna.
Noun
katea inan
- Obsolete form of kate (“chain”).
c. 1567, Joan Perez de Lazarraga, “Mundu guztian orain ez dago...”, in Lazarraga Eskuizkribuaren edizioa eta azterketa. II. Testua, EHU Press, published 2020, →ISBN:Denpora baten lotu ninduçun / catea fortiz batequin- [Denpora baten lotu ninduzun / katea fortitz batekin]
- You used to bound me / with a strong chain
Etymology 2
Noun
katea
- absolutive singular of kate
Further reading
- “kate”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005