abiagailu
Basque
Etymology
From abiatu (“to start”) + gailu (“device, machine”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /abiaɡai̯lu/ [a.β̞i.a.ɣ̞ai̯.lu]
- IPA(key): (Southern) /abiaɡaʎu/ [a.β̞i.a.ɣ̞a.ʎu]
- Rhymes: -ai̯lu, -u
- Rhymes: -aʎu, -u
- Hyphenation: a‧bi‧a‧gai‧lu
Noun
abiagailu inan
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | abiagailu | abiagailua | abiagailuak |
| ergative | abiagailuk | abiagailuak | abiagailuek |
| dative | abiagailuri | abiagailuari | abiagailuei |
| genitive | abiagailuren | abiagailuaren | abiagailuen |
| comitative | abiagailurekin | abiagailuarekin | abiagailuekin |
| causative | abiagailurengatik | abiagailuarengatik | abiagailuengatik |
| benefactive | abiagailurentzat | abiagailuarentzat | abiagailuentzat |
| instrumental | abiagailuz | abiagailuaz | abiagailuez |
| inessive | abiagailutan | abiagailuan | abiagailuetan |
| locative | abiagailutako | abiagailuko | abiagailuetako |
| allative | abiagailutara | abiagailura | abiagailuetara |
| terminative | abiagailutaraino | abiagailuraino | abiagailuetaraino |
| directive | abiagailutarantz | abiagailurantz | abiagailuetarantz |
| destinative | abiagailutarako | abiagailurako | abiagailuetarako |
| ablative | abiagailutatik | abiagailutik | abiagailuetatik |
| partitive | abiagailurik | — | — |
| prolative | abiagailutzat | — | — |
Further reading
- “abiagailu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]