alkandora
Basque
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably borrowed from Spanish alcandora, from Andalusian Arabic الْقَنْدُورَة (al-qandūra), from Classical Persian قنتوره (qantūra, “a braided shirt”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]alkandora inan
Declension
[edit]Declension of alkandora (inanimate, ending in -a)
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | alkandora | alkandora | alkandorak |
| ergative | alkandorak | alkandorak | alkandorek |
| dative | alkandorari | alkandorari | alkandorei |
| genitive | alkandoraren | alkandoraren | alkandoren |
| comitative | alkandorarekin | alkandorarekin | alkandorekin |
| causative | alkandorarengatik | alkandorarengatik | alkandorengatik |
| benefactive | alkandorarentzat | alkandorarentzat | alkandorentzat |
| instrumental | alkandoraz | alkandoraz | alkandorez |
| inessive | alkandoratan | alkandoran | alkandoretan |
| locative | alkandoratako | alkandorako | alkandoretako |
| allative | alkandoratara | alkandorara | alkandoretara |
| terminative | alkandorataraino | alkandoraraino | alkandoretaraino |
| directive | alkandoratarantz | alkandorarantz | alkandoretarantz |
| destinative | alkandoratarako | alkandorarako | alkandoretarako |
| ablative | alkandoratatik | alkandoratik | alkandoretatik |
| partitive | alkandorarik | — | — |
| prolative | alkandoratzat | — | — |
Derived terms
[edit]- alkandora hutsean (“in shirt sleeves”)
- alkandora hutsik (“in shirt sleeves”)
References
[edit]- ^ Corriente, Federico (2008) “alcandora”, in Dictionary of Arabic and Allied Loanwords. Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician and Kindred Dialects (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 97), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 76
Further reading
[edit]- “alkandora”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
- “alkandora”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005