porru

Basque
Porru bi.

Etymology

Eventually from Latin porrum (“leek”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /poru/, [po̞.ru]

Noun

porru inan

  1. leek

Declension
Declension of porru (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive porru porrua porruak
ergative porruk porruak porruek
dative porruri porruari porruei
genitive porruren porruaren porruen
comitative porrurekin porruarekin porruekin
causative porrurengatik porruarengatik porruengatik
benefactive porrurentzat porruarentzat porruentzat
instrumental porruz porruaz porruez
inessive porrutan porruan porruetan
locative porrutako porruko porruetako
allative porrutara porrura porruetara
terminative porrutaraino porruraino porruetaraino
directive porrutarantz porrurantz porruetarantz
destinative porrutarako porrurako porruetarako
ablative porrutatik porrutik porruetatik
partitive porrurik — —
prolative porrutzat — —

Derived terms
  • kuku-porru (“foxglove”)
  • porru eginda (“battered”)
  • porru-hazi (“profit”)
  • porru-landare (“leek plant”)
  • porru-patata (“leeks with potatoes”)
  • porruak landatzera bidali (“to tell someone to take a long walk on a short pier”)
  • porruak landatzera joan (“take a long walk on a short pier”)
  • porruak lerrokatzera bidali (“to tell someone to take a long walk on a short pier”)
  • porruak lerrokatzera joan (“take a long walk on a short pier”)
  • porrusalda (“leek soup”)

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

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