aingura

Basque

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin ancora.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ai̯nɡuɾa/ [ai̯ŋ.ɡu.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -uɾa, -a
• Hyphenation: ain‧gu‧ra

Noun

aingura inan

1. (nautical) anchor

Declension

Declension of aingura (inanimate, ending in -a)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	aingura	aingura	aingurak
ergative	aingurak	aingurak	aingurek
dative	aingurari	aingurari	aingurei
genitive	ainguraren	ainguraren	ainguren
comitative	aingurarekin	aingurarekin	aingurekin
causative	aingurarengatik	aingurarengatik	aingurengatik
benefactive	aingurarentzat	aingurarentzat	aingurentzat
instrumental	ainguraz	ainguraz	aingurez
inessive	ainguratan	ainguran	ainguretan
locative	ainguratako	aingurako	ainguretako
allative	ainguratara	aingurara	ainguretara
terminative	aingurataraino	ainguraraino	ainguretaraino
directive	ainguratarantz	aingurarantz	ainguretarantz
destinative	ainguratarako	aingurarako	ainguretarako
ablative	ainguratatik	ainguratik	ainguretatik
partitive	aingurarik	—	—
prolative	ainguratzat	—	—

Derived terms

• ainguragile
• ainguragintza
• aingurak bota
• ainguraketa
• ainguratoki
• ainguratu

Further reading

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