Jaungoikoa
Appearance
Basque
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From jaun (“lord”) + goiko (“upper, from above”). It is unclear whether jainko (“god”) is derived from this term or the other way round.[1] It has been suggested that Christian missionaries coined Jaungoikoa as a folk etymology for jainko.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -oa
- Hyphenation: Jaun‧goi‧ko‧a
Proper noun
[edit]Jaungoikoa anim
- (Christianity) God
- Synonym: Jainkoa
Declension
[edit]Declension of Jaungoikoa (animate with article, ending in vowel)
indefinite | singular | |
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absolutive | Jaungoiko | Jaungoikoa |
ergative | — | Jaungoikoak |
dative | — | Jaungoikoari |
genitive | — | Jaungoikoaren |
comitative | — | Jaungoikoarekin |
causative | — | Jaungoikoarengatik |
benefactive | — | Jaungoikoarentzat |
instrumental | — | Jaungoikoaz |
inessive | — | Jaungoikoarengan |
locative | — | — |
allative | — | Jaungoikoarengana |
terminative | — | Jaungoikoarenganaino |
directive | — | Jaungoikoarenganantz |
destinative | — | Jaungoikoarenganako |
ablative | — | Jaungoikoarengandik |
partitive | Jaungoikorik | — |
prolative | Jaungoikotzat | — |
References
[edit]- ^ “jainko” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
Further reading
[edit]- “Jaungoikoa”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
- “Jaungoikoa”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005