Jaungoikoa

Basque

Etymology

From jaun (“lord”) +‎ goiko (“upper, from above”). It is unclear whether jainko (“god”) is derived from this term or the other way round. It has been suggested that Christian missionaries coined Jaungoikoa as a folk etymology for jainko.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ɟau̯nɡoi̯koa/ [ɟau̯ŋ.ɡoi̯.ko.a]

 

• IPA^(key): (Southern) /xau̯nɡoi̯koa/ [xau̯ŋ.ɡoi̯.ko.a]

• IPA^(key): (Gipuzkoan) /xau̯nɡoi̯koa/ [xau̯ŋ.ɡoi̯.ko.a]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /d͡ʒau̯nɡoi̯koa/ [d͡ʒau̯ŋ.ɡoi̯.ko.a]
• IPA^(key): (Navarrese) /jau̯nɡoi̯koa/ [jau̯ŋ.ɡoi̯.ko.a]

• Rhymes: -oa, -a
• Hyphenation: Jaun‧goi‧ko‧a

Proper noun

Jaungoikoa anim

1. (Christianity) God

   Synonym: Jainkoa

Declension

Declension of Jaungoikoa (animate with article, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular
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	—

Further reading

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