errota
Basque
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin rota (“wheel”). Doublet of arroda.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /erota/ [e.ro.t̪a]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ota, -a
- Hyphenation: e‧rro‧ta
Noun
errota inan
- mill
- Synonyms: eihera (Northern), bolu (Biscayan)
- grinder, coffee grinder
- (Northern) wheel
- Synonym: gurpil
- gizzard
- Synonyms: paparo, hera
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | errota | errota | errotak |
| ergative | errotak | errotak | errotek |
| dative | errotari | errotari | errotei |
| genitive | errotaren | errotaren | erroten |
| comitative | errotarekin | errotarekin | errotekin |
| causative | errotarengatik | errotarengatik | errotengatik |
| benefactive | errotarentzat | errotarentzat | errotentzat |
| instrumental | errotaz | errotaz | errotez |
| inessive | errotatan | errotan | errotetan |
| locative | errotatako | errotako | errotetako |
| allative | errotatara | errotara | errotetara |
| terminative | errotataraino | errotaraino | errotetaraino |
| directive | errotatarantz | errotarantz | errotetarantz |
| destinative | errotatarako | errotarako | errotetarako |
| ablative | errotatatik | errotatik | errotetatik |
| partitive | errotarik | — | — |
| prolative | errotatzat | — | — |
Derived terms
- errota-hegal (“blade, vane”)
- errotari (“miller”)
- errotarri (“millstone”)
- errotazain (“miller”)
Further reading
- “errota”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “errota”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005