tindagai
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Basque
Etymology
From tindatu (“to dye”) + gai (“substance, matter”).
Pronunciation
Noun
tindagai inan
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], Euskaltzaindia