musker

See also: Musker

Basque

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mus̺ker/ [mus̺.ker]

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• Rhymes: -us̺ker
• Hyphenation: mus‧ker

Noun

musker anim

1. lizard

Declension

Declension of musker (animate, ending in -r)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	musker	muskerra	muskerrak
ergative	muskerrek	muskerrak	muskerrek
dative	muskerri	muskerrari	muskerrei
genitive	muskerren	muskerraren	muskerren
comitative	muskerrekin	muskerrarekin	muskerrekin
causative	muskerrengatik	muskerrarengatik	muskerrengatik
benefactive	muskerrentzat	muskerrarentzat	muskerrentzat
instrumental	muskerrez	muskerraz	muskerrez
inessive	muskerrengan	muskerrarengan	muskerrengan
locative	—	—	—
allative	muskerrengana	muskerrarengana	muskerrengana
terminative	muskerrenganaino	muskerrarenganaino	muskerrenganaino
directive	muskerrenganantz	muskerrarenganantz	muskerrenganantz
destinative	muskerrenganako	muskerrarenganako	muskerrenganako
ablative	muskerrengandik	muskerrarengandik	muskerrengandik
partitive	muskerrik	—	—
prolative	muskertzat	—	—

Derived terms

• muskertu (“to get angry, to turn green”)

 

Descendants

• Erromintxela: muxkera

Further reading

• “musker”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “musker”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005