arpoi

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish arpón.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /arpoi̯/ [ar.poi̯]
  • Rhymes: -arpoi̯, -oi̯
  • Hyphenation: ar‧poi

Noun

arpoi inan

  1. harpoon

Declension

Declension of arpoi (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive arpoi arpoia arpoiak
ergative arpoik arpoiak arpoiek
dative arpoiri arpoiari arpoiei
genitive arpoiren arpoiaren arpoien
comitative arpoirekin arpoiarekin arpoiekin
causative arpoirengatik arpoiarengatik arpoiengatik
benefactive arpoirentzat arpoiarentzat arpoientzat
instrumental arpoiz arpoiaz arpoiez
inessive arpoitan arpoian arpoietan
locative arpoitako arpoiko arpoietako
allative arpoitara arpoira arpoietara
terminative arpoitaraino arpoiraino arpoietaraino
directive arpoitarantz arpoirantz arpoietarantz
destinative arpoitarako arpoirako arpoietarako
ablative arpoitatik arpoitik arpoietatik
partitive arpoirik
prolative arpoitzat

Derived terms

  • arpoilari (harpooner)
  • arpoitu (to harpoon)

Further reading

  • arpoi”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
  • arpoi”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Finnish

Verb

arpoi

  1. third-person singular past indicative of arpoa

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