kamuts

Basque

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /kamut͡s̺/ [ka.mut͡s̺]

• IPA^(key): (most dialects) /kamut͡s̺/ [ka.mut͡s̺]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /kamut͡s̻/ [ka.mut͡s̻]

 

• Rhymes: -amuts̺

• (most dialects) Rhymes: -amuts̺
• (Biscayan) Rhymes: -amuts̻

• Hyphenation: ka‧muts

Adjective

kamuts (comparative kamutsago, superlative kamutsen, excessive kamutsegi)

1. blunt, not sharp
2. dull, weak
3. (geometry) obtuse

Declension

Declension of kamuts (adjective, ending in consonant)

		indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive		kamuts	kamutsa	kamutsak
ergative		kamutsek	kamutsak	kamutsek
dative		kamutsi	kamutsari	kamutsei
genitive		kamutsen	kamutsaren	kamutsen
comitative		kamutsekin	kamutsarekin	kamutsekin
causative		kamutsengatik	kamutsarengatik	kamutsengatik
benefactive		kamutsentzat	kamutsarentzat	kamutsentzat
instrumental		kamutsez	kamutsaz	kamutsez
inessive	anim.	kamutsengan	kamutsarengan	kamutsengan
	inanim.	kamutsetan	kamutsean	kamutsetan
locative	anim.	—	—	—
	inanim.	kamutsetako	kamutseko	kamutsetako
allative	anim.	kamutsengana	kamutsarengana	kamutsengana
	inanim.	kamutsetara	kamutsera	kamutsetara
terminative	anim.	kamutsenganaino	kamutsarenganaino	kamutsenganaino
	inanim.	kamutsetaraino	kamutseraino	kamutsetaraino
directive	anim.	kamutsenganantz	kamutsarenganantz	kamutsenganantz
	inanim.	kamutsetarantz	kamutserantz	kamutsetarantz
destinative	anim.	kamutsenganako	kamutsarenganako	kamutsenganako
	inanim.	kamutsetarako	kamutserako	kamutsetarako
ablative	anim.	kamutsengandik	kamutsarengandik	kamutsengandik
	inanim.	kamutsetatik	kamutsetik	kamutsetatik
partitive		kamutsik	—	—
prolative		kamustzat	—	—

Derived terms

• kamustasun (“bluntness”)
• kamustu (“to blunt”)

 

Further reading

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