hiru
Appearance
Basque
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| ← 2 | 3 | 4 → |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: hiru Ordinal: hirugarren Multiplier: hirukoitz Distributive: hiruna Collective: hirukote Fractional: heren | ||
Alternative forms
[edit]- hirur (Navarro-Lapurdian, Upper Navarre, Soule)
- irur, iru (Soule)
Etymology
[edit]Possibly from Proto-Basque *(h)iluŕ (“three”). Often compared with Iberian ilun (“three”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /hiɾu/ [hi.ɾu]
- IPA(key): (Southern) /iɾu/ [i.ɾu]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -iɾu, -u
- Hyphenation: hi‧ru
Numeral
[edit]hiru
Declension
[edit]1. Plural forms in the first column are used when the numeral functions as a noun, while those in the second are used when it functions as a pronoun.
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “hiru”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
- “hiru”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- R. L. Trask (2008), “hiru”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 231
Japanese
[edit]Romanization
[edit]hiru
Categories:
- Basque terms inherited from Proto-Basque
- Basque terms derived from Proto-Basque
- Basque 2-syllable words
- Basque terms with IPA pronunciation
- Basque terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Basque/iɾu
- Rhymes:Basque/iɾu/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Basque/u
- Rhymes:Basque/u/2 syllables
- Basque lemmas
- Basque numerals
- Basque cardinal numbers
- Japanese non-lemma forms
- Japanese romanizations