elkar

Basque

Alternative forms

Etymology

Probably from *hark-har, ergative and absolutive of *har.[1] The resemblance to Dutch elkaar, with the same meaning, is coincidental.

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • IPA(key): /elkar/ [el.kar]
  • Rhymes: -elkar
  • Hyphenation: el‧kar

Pronoun

elkar

  1. each other; one another
    • 1994, Elizen Arteko Biblia, Joan 13:34:
      Agindu berri bat ematen dizuet: elkar maita dezazuela.
      I give you a new command: love one another.
    • 2001, Jon D. Patrick, Ilari Zubiri Ibarrondo, A Student Grammar of Euskara, LINCOM Europa, page 378:
      Elkar ikusi arte!
      Until (we) see each other!

Declension

Derived terms

  • elkar aditu (to agree)
  • elkar hartu (to agree)
  • elkar jo (to collide)
  • elkar-aditze (agreement)
  • elkar-hartze
  • elkar-maitasun (mutual love)
  • elkar-maite (mutually in love)
  • elkar-ulertze (mutual understanding)
  • elkarbide
  • elkarbizitza
  • elkargaitz
  • elkarganako (mutual)
  • elkarganarazi
  • elkarganatu
  • elkargarri
  • elkargo
  • elkargokide
  • elkargune (meeting point)
  • elkarketa
  • elkarkide
  • elkarkidetasun
  • elkarkidetu
  • elkarkor
  • elkarlan
  • elkarrarazi
  • elkarrekiko (mutual)
  • elkarrekikotasun (mutuality)
  • elkarrekin (together)
  • elkarrekintza (interaction)
  • elkarren gainka
  • elkarreragin (interaction)
  • elkarretaratu
  • elkarrezin
  • elkarrizketa (conversation)
  • elkarrizketan (conversing)
  • elkarrizketatu (to converse)
  • elkarrizketatzaile (interviewer)
  • elkartasun (solidarity)
  • elkartasun-kutxa
  • elkarte (organization)
  • elkartekide (member of an organization)
  • elkartu (to join)
  • elkartzaile
  • elkarzut (perpendicular)
  • elkarzutasun (perpendicularity)

References

  1. elkar” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

Further reading

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