porru-hazi

Basque

FWOTD – 4 August 2022

Etymology

From porru (“leek”) +‎ hazi (“seed”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /poru has̻i/ [po.ru ha.s̻i]

IPA^(key): (Gipuzkoan, Navarrese) /poru as̻i/ [po.ru a.s̻i]
IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /poru as̺i/ [po.ru a.s̺i]

Hyphenation: po‧rru-ha‧zi

Noun

porru-hazi inan

(informal) benefit, profit, gain
- 2002, Manuel Matxain, “Morroi baten arrenkurak”, in Antonio Zavala, editor, Uste gabean (Auspoa Liburutegia; 277), Auspoa, →ISBN, page 65:
  Orain sei illabete,
  gutxi gora-bera,
  morroi etorri nintzan
  baserri batera,
  porru-azi aundirik
  eztet nik atera.
  Six months ago
  more or less,
  I started working
  in a farm,
  little benefit
  did I obtain.

Declension

Declension of porru-hazi (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	porru-hazi	porru-hazia	porru-haziak
ergative	porru-hazik	porru-haziak	porru-haziek
dative	porru-haziri	porru-haziari	porru-haziei
genitive	porru-haziren	porru-haziaren	porru-hazien
comitative	porru-hazirekin	porru-haziarekin	porru-haziekin
causative	porru-hazirengatik	porru-haziarengatik	porru-haziengatik
benefactive	porru-hazirentzat	porru-haziarentzat	porru-hazientzat
instrumental	porru-haziz	porru-haziaz	porru-haziez
inessive	porru-hazitan	porru-hazian	porru-hazietan
locative	porru-hazitako	porru-haziko	porru-hazietako
allative	porru-hazitara	porru-hazira	porru-hazietara
terminative	porru-hazitaraino	porru-haziraino	porru-hazietaraino
directive	porru-hazitarantz	porru-hazirantz	porru-hazietarantz
destinative	porru-hazitarako	porru-hazirako	porru-hazietarako
ablative	porru-hazitatik	porru-hazitik	porru-hazietatik
partitive	porru-hazirik	—	—
prolative	porru-hazitzat	—	—

Further reading

“porru-hazi” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

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