arpoi

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish arpón.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /arpoi̯/ [ar.poi̯]
• Rhymes: -arpoi̯, -oi̯
• Hyphenation: ar‧poi

Noun

arpoi inan

1. harpoon

Declension

Declension of arpoi (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	arpoi	arpoia	arpoiak
ergative	arpoik	arpoiak	arpoiek
dative	arpoiri	arpoiari	arpoiei
genitive	arpoiren	arpoiaren	arpoien
comitative	arpoirekin	arpoiarekin	arpoiekin
causative	arpoirengatik	arpoiarengatik	arpoiengatik
benefactive	arpoirentzat	arpoiarentzat	arpoientzat
instrumental	arpoiz	arpoiaz	arpoiez
inessive	arpoitan	arpoian	arpoietan
locative	arpoitako	arpoiko	arpoietako
allative	arpoitara	arpoira	arpoietara
terminative	arpoitaraino	arpoiraino	arpoietaraino
directive	arpoitarantz	arpoirantz	arpoietarantz
destinative	arpoitarako	arpoirako	arpoietarako
ablative	arpoitatik	arpoitik	arpoietatik
partitive	arpoirik	—	—
prolative	arpoitzat	—	—

Derived terms

• arpoilari (“harpooner”)
• arpoitu (“to harpoon”)

Further reading

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

Finnish

Verb

arpoi

1. third-person singular past indicative of arpoa

Anagrams

• Poria, poria