"elkar" meaning in Basque

See elkar in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

IPA: /elkar/, [el.kar] Audio: LL-Q8752 (eus)-Xabier Cañas-elkar.wav Forms: elgar [alternative], alkar [alternative], algar [alternative], arkal [alternative], argal [alternative], elkhar [alternative], alkhar [alternative]
Rhymes: -elkar, -ar Etymology: Probably from *hark-har, ergative and absolutive of *har. The resemblance to Dutch elkaar, with the same meaning, is coincidental. Head templates: {{head|eu|pronoun|cat2=reciprocal pronouns}} elkar
  1. each other; one another
    Sense id: en-elkar-eu-pron-9wig8SlF Categories (other): Basque entries with incorrect language header, Basque pronouns, Basque reciprocal pronouns, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Derived forms: elkar aditu (english: to agree), elkar hartu (english: to agree), elkar jo (english: to collide), elkar-aditze (english: agreement), elkar-hartze, elkar-maitasun (english: mutual love), elkar-maite (english: mutually in love), elkar-ulertze (english: mutual understanding), elkarbide, elkarbizitza, elkargaitz, elkarganako (english: mutual), elkarganarazi, elkarganatu, elkargarri, elkargo, elkargokide, elkargune (english: meeting point), elkarketa, elkarkide, elkarkidetasun, elkarkidetu, elkarkor, elkarlan, elkarrarazi, elkarrekiko (english: mutual), elkarrekikotasun (english: mutuality), elkarrekin (english: together), elkarrekintza (english: interaction), elkarren gainka, elkarreragin (english: interaction), elkarretaratu, elkarrezin, elkarrizketa (english: conversation), elkarrizketan (english: conversing), elkarrizketatu (english: to converse), elkarrizketatzaile (english: interviewer), elkartasun (english: solidarity), elkartasun-kutxa, elkarte [organization], elkartekide (english: member of an organization), elkartu (english: to join), elkartzaile, elkarzut (english: perpendicular), elkarzutasun (english: perpendicularity)

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "Probably from *hark-har, ergative and absolutive of *har. The resemblance to Dutch elkaar, with the same meaning, is coincidental.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "elgar",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alkar",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "algar",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arkal",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "argal",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elkhar",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alkhar",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eu",
        "2": "pronoun",
        "cat2": "reciprocal pronouns"
      },
      "expansion": "elkar",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "el‧kar"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "el‧kar"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Basque",
  "lang_code": "eu",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Basque entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Basque pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Basque reciprocal pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "to agree",
          "translation": "to agree",
          "word": "elkar aditu"
        },
        {
          "english": "to agree",
          "translation": "to agree",
          "word": "elkar hartu"
        },
        {
          "english": "to collide",
          "translation": "to collide",
          "word": "elkar jo"
        },
        {
          "english": "agreement",
          "translation": "agreement",
          "word": "elkar-aditze"
        },
        {
          "word": "elkar-hartze"
        },
        {
          "english": "mutual love",
          "translation": "mutual love",
          "word": "elkar-maitasun"
        },
        {
          "english": "mutually in love",
          "translation": "mutually in love",
          "word": "elkar-maite"
        },
        {
          "english": "mutual understanding",
          "translation": "mutual understanding",
          "word": "elkar-ulertze"
        },
        {
          "word": "elkarbide"
        },
        {
          "word": "elkarbizitza"
        },
        {
          "word": "elkargaitz"
        },
        {
          "english": "mutual",
          "translation": "mutual",
          "word": "elkarganako"
        },
        {
          "word": "elkarganarazi"
        },
        {
          "word": "elkarganatu"
        },
        {
          "word": "elkargarri"
        },
        {
          "word": "elkargo"
        },
        {
          "word": "elkargokide"
        },
        {
          "english": "meeting point",
          "translation": "meeting point",
          "word": "elkargune"
        },
        {
          "word": "elkarketa"
        },
        {
          "word": "elkarkide"
        },
        {
          "word": "elkarkidetasun"
        },
        {
          "word": "elkarkidetu"
        },
        {
          "word": "elkarkor"
        },
        {
          "word": "elkarlan"
        },
        {
          "word": "elkarrarazi"
        },
        {
          "english": "mutual",
          "translation": "mutual",
          "word": "elkarrekiko"
        },
        {
          "english": "mutuality",
          "translation": "mutuality",
          "word": "elkarrekikotasun"
        },
        {
          "english": "together",
          "translation": "together",
          "word": "elkarrekin"
        },
        {
          "english": "interaction",
          "translation": "interaction",
          "word": "elkarrekintza"
        },
        {
          "word": "elkarren gainka"
        },
        {
          "english": "interaction",
          "translation": "interaction",
          "word": "elkarreragin"
        },
        {
          "word": "elkarretaratu"
        },
        {
          "word": "elkarrezin"
        },
        {
          "english": "conversation",
          "translation": "conversation",
          "word": "elkarrizketa"
        },
        {
          "english": "conversing",
          "translation": "conversing",
          "word": "elkarrizketan"
        },
        {
          "english": "to converse",
          "translation": "to converse",
          "word": "elkarrizketatu"
        },
        {
          "english": "interviewer",
          "translation": "interviewer",
          "word": "elkarrizketatzaile"
        },
        {
          "english": "solidarity",
          "translation": "solidarity",
          "word": "elkartasun"
        },
        {
          "word": "elkartasun-kutxa"
        },
        {
          "topics": [
            "organization"
          ],
          "word": "elkarte"
        },
        {
          "english": "member of an organization",
          "translation": "member of an organization",
          "word": "elkartekide"
        },
        {
          "english": "to join",
          "translation": "to join",
          "word": "elkartu"
        },
        {
          "word": "elkartzaile"
        },
        {
          "english": "perpendicular",
          "translation": "perpendicular",
          "word": "elkarzut"
        },
        {
          "english": "perpendicularity",
          "translation": "perpendicularity",
          "word": "elkarzutasun"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I give you a new command: love one another.",
          "roman": "Agindu berri bat ematen dizuet: elkar maita dezazuela.",
          "text": "1994, Elizen Arteko Biblia, Joan 13:34",
          "translation": "I give you a new command: love one another.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
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            [
              0,
              5
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              15,
              25
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Until (we) see each other!",
          "ref": "2001, Jon D. Patrick, Ilari Zubiri Ibarrondo, A Student Grammar of Euskara, LINCOM Europa, page 378:",
          "text": "Elkar ikusi arte!",
          "translation": "Until (we) see each other!",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "each other; one another"
      ],
      "id": "en-elkar-eu-pron-9wig8SlF",
      "links": [
        [
          "each other",
          "each other#English"
        ],
        [
          "one another",
          "one another#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/elkar/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[el.kar]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-elkar"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "elkar"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "to agree",
      "translation": "to agree",
      "word": "elkar aditu"
    },
    {
      "english": "to agree",
      "translation": "to agree",
      "word": "elkar hartu"
    },
    {
      "english": "to collide",
      "translation": "to collide",
      "word": "elkar jo"
    },
    {
      "english": "agreement",
      "translation": "agreement",
      "word": "elkar-aditze"
    },
    {
      "word": "elkar-hartze"
    },
    {
      "english": "mutual love",
      "translation": "mutual love",
      "word": "elkar-maitasun"
    },
    {
      "english": "mutually in love",
      "translation": "mutually in love",
      "word": "elkar-maite"
    },
    {
      "english": "mutual understanding",
      "translation": "mutual understanding",
      "word": "elkar-ulertze"
    },
    {
      "word": "elkarbide"
    },
    {
      "word": "elkarbizitza"
    },
    {
      "word": "elkargaitz"
    },
    {
      "english": "mutual",
      "translation": "mutual",
      "word": "elkarganako"
    },
    {
      "word": "elkarganarazi"
    },
    {
      "word": "elkarganatu"
    },
    {
      "word": "elkargarri"
    },
    {
      "word": "elkargo"
    },
    {
      "word": "elkargokide"
    },
    {
      "english": "meeting point",
      "translation": "meeting point",
      "word": "elkargune"
    },
    {
      "word": "elkarketa"
    },
    {
      "word": "elkarkide"
    },
    {
      "word": "elkarkidetasun"
    },
    {
      "word": "elkarkidetu"
    },
    {
      "word": "elkarkor"
    },
    {
      "word": "elkarlan"
    },
    {
      "word": "elkarrarazi"
    },
    {
      "english": "mutual",
      "translation": "mutual",
      "word": "elkarrekiko"
    },
    {
      "english": "mutuality",
      "translation": "mutuality",
      "word": "elkarrekikotasun"
    },
    {
      "english": "together",
      "translation": "together",
      "word": "elkarrekin"
    },
    {
      "english": "interaction",
      "translation": "interaction",
      "word": "elkarrekintza"
    },
    {
      "word": "elkarren gainka"
    },
    {
      "english": "interaction",
      "translation": "interaction",
      "word": "elkarreragin"
    },
    {
      "word": "elkarretaratu"
    },
    {
      "word": "elkarrezin"
    },
    {
      "english": "conversation",
      "translation": "conversation",
      "word": "elkarrizketa"
    },
    {
      "english": "conversing",
      "translation": "conversing",
      "word": "elkarrizketan"
    },
    {
      "english": "to converse",
      "translation": "to converse",
      "word": "elkarrizketatu"
    },
    {
      "english": "interviewer",
      "translation": "interviewer",
      "word": "elkarrizketatzaile"
    },
    {
      "english": "solidarity",
      "translation": "solidarity",
      "word": "elkartasun"
    },
    {
      "word": "elkartasun-kutxa"
    },
    {
      "topics": [
        "organization"
      ],
      "word": "elkarte"
    },
    {
      "english": "member of an organization",
      "translation": "member of an organization",
      "word": "elkartekide"
    },
    {
      "english": "to join",
      "translation": "to join",
      "word": "elkartu"
    },
    {
      "word": "elkartzaile"
    },
    {
      "english": "perpendicular",
      "translation": "perpendicular",
      "word": "elkarzut"
    },
    {
      "english": "perpendicularity",
      "translation": "perpendicularity",
      "word": "elkarzutasun"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Probably from *hark-har, ergative and absolutive of *har. The resemblance to Dutch elkaar, with the same meaning, is coincidental.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "elgar",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alkar",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "algar",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arkal",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "argal",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elkhar",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alkhar",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
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  ],
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    }
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  "hyphenation": [
    "el‧kar"
  ],
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    {
      "parts": [
        "el‧kar"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "eu",
  "pos": "pron",
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        "Basque reciprocal pronouns",
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        "Rhymes:Basque/ar/2 syllables",
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        {
          "english": "I give you a new command: love one another.",
          "roman": "Agindu berri bat ematen dizuet: elkar maita dezazuela.",
          "text": "1994, Elizen Arteko Biblia, Joan 13:34",
          "translation": "I give you a new command: love one another.",
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          "english": "Until (we) see each other!",
          "ref": "2001, Jon D. Patrick, Ilari Zubiri Ibarrondo, A Student Grammar of Euskara, LINCOM Europa, page 378:",
          "text": "Elkar ikusi arte!",
          "translation": "Until (we) see each other!",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "each other; one another"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "each other",
          "each other#English"
        ],
        [
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          "one another#English"
        ]
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-elkar"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "elkar"
}

Download raw JSONL data for elkar meaning in Basque (4.7kB)

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