elkar

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Basque

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

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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

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Derived terms

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References

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

Further reading

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