aingira

Basque

Etymology

Probably inherited from Proto-Basque *angila, ultimately from Latin anguīlla (“eel”). This etymology, while being the most plausible, is problematic since the Latin term should have been borrowed into Proto-Basque as *angiLa, which would have yielded something akin to *aingila.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ai̯nɡiɾa/, [ãĩ̯ŋ.ɡi.ɾa]

Noun

aingira anim

1. eel

Declension

Declension of aingira (animate, ending in -a)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	aingira	aingira	aingirak
ergative	aingirak	aingirak	aingirek
dative	aingirari	aingirari	aingirei
genitive	aingiraren	aingiraren	aingiren
comitative	aingirarekin	aingirarekin	aingirekin
causative	aingirarengatik	aingirarengatik	aingirengatik
benefactive	aingirarentzat	aingirarentzat	aingirentzat
instrumental	aingiraz	aingiraz	aingirez
inessive	aingirarengan	aingirarengan	aingirengan
locative	—	—	—
allative	aingirarengana	aingirarengana	aingirengana
terminative	aingirarenganaino	aingirarenganaino	aingirenganaino
directive	aingirarenganantz	aingirarenganantz	aingirenganantz
destinative	aingirarenganako	aingirarenganako	aingirenganako
ablative	aingirarengandik	aingirarengandik	aingirengandik
partitive	aingirarik	—	—
prolative	aingiratzat	—	—

Derived terms

• aingira more (“moray”)
• aingira-belar (“scum, vegetation found floating on the surface of ponds”)
• aingiratxa (“elver”)
• aingirazorri (“water strider”)

Further reading

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