batzoki
Basque
Etymology
From batze (verbal noun of batu (“to gather”)) + toki (“place”), literally “meeting place”; coined by Basque nationalist, writer and politician Sabino Arana.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bat͡s̻oki/ [ba.t͡s̻o.ki]
- Rhymes: -oki, -i
- Hyphenation: ba‧tzo‧ki
Noun
batzoki inan
- A bar or restaurant operated by the Basque Nationalist Party.
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | batzoki | batzokia | batzokiak |
| ergative | batzokik | batzokiak | batzokiek |
| dative | batzokiri | batzokiari | batzokiei |
| genitive | batzokiren | batzokiaren | batzokien |
| comitative | batzokirekin | batzokiarekin | batzokiekin |
| causative | batzokirengatik | batzokiarengatik | batzokiengatik |
| benefactive | batzokirentzat | batzokiarentzat | batzokientzat |
| instrumental | batzokiz | batzokiaz | batzokiez |
| inessive | batzokitan | batzokian | batzokietan |
| locative | batzokitako | batzokiko | batzokietako |
| allative | batzokitara | batzokira | batzokietara |
| terminative | batzokitaraino | batzokiraino | batzokietaraino |
| directive | batzokitarantz | batzokirantz | batzokietarantz |
| destinative | batzokitarako | batzokirako | batzokietarako |
| ablative | batzokitatik | batzokitik | batzokietatik |
| partitive | batzokirik | — | — |
| prolative | batzokitzat | — | — |
Further reading
- “batzoki”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “batzoki”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baˈt͡ʃoki/ [baˈt͡ʃo.ki]
- Rhymes: -oki
- Syllabification: ba‧tzo‧ki
Noun
batzoki m (plural batzokis)
- a bar or restaurant operated by the Basque Nationalist Party
Further reading
- “batzoki”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024