meatze

Basque

Etymology

From mea (“mineral, ore”) +‎ -tze.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /meat͡s̻e/, [me̞.a.t͡s̻e̞]

Noun

meatze inan

  1. mine (excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken)
    Synonyms: meatoki, meategi

Declension
Declension of meatze (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive meatze meatzea meatzeak
ergative meatzek meatzeak meatzeek
dative meatzeri meatzeari meatzeei
genitive meatzeren meatzearen meatzeen
comitative meatzerekin meatzearekin meatzeekin
causative meatzerengatik meatzearengatik meatzeengatik
benefactive meatzerentzat meatzearentzat meatzeentzat
instrumental meatzez meatzeaz meatzeez
inessive meatzetan meatzean meatzeetan
locative meatzetako meatzeko meatzeetako
allative meatzetara meatzera meatzeetara
terminative meatzetaraino meatzeraino meatzeetaraino
directive meatzetarantz meatzerantz meatzeetarantz
destinative meatzetarako meatzerako meatzeetarako
ablative meatzetatik meatzetik meatzeetatik
partitive meatzerik — —
prolative meatzetzat — —

Derived terms
  • meatzari (“miner”)
  • meatzari-talde
  • meatzaritza (“mining, the mining industry”)
  • meatzaritza-lan (“working, tilling a mine”)
  • meatze-aho (“entrance to a mine”)

Further reading
  • "meatze" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • “meatze” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus
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