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mende.

century

5 characters2 syllables approx.Euskara language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. century

    inanimate

  2. time, life

    inanimate
Where this word comes from

Uncertain a borrowing from Latin mentem (“mind”) has been proposed but the semantics are problematic. Instead Koldo Mitxelena proposes Proto-Basque *bente possibly containing -te.

noun

  1. dominion, power

    inanimate
Where this word comes from

Unknown but Koldo Mitxelena links the word to the first etymology.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.