aulki

Basque

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps derived from Proto-Basque *aur- (“front”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /au̯lki/, [au̯l.ki]

Noun

aulki inan

1. chair
2. workbench
3. (politics) seat
4. (Christianity) see
5. (sports) bench
6. (law) dock (part of a courtroom where the accused sits)

Declension

Declension of aulki (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	aulki	aulkia	aulkiak
ergative	aulkik	aulkiak	aulkiek
dative	aulkiri	aulkiari	aulkiei
genitive	aulkiren	aulkiaren	aulkien
comitative	aulkirekin	aulkiarekin	aulkiekin
causative	aulkirengatik	aulkiarengatik	aulkiengatik
benefactive	aulkirentzat	aulkiarentzat	aulkientzat
instrumental	aulkiz	aulkiaz	aulkiez
inessive	aulkitan	aulkian	aulkietan
locative	aulkitako	aulkiko	aulkietako
allative	aulkitara	aulkira	aulkietara
terminative	aulkitaraino	aulkiraino	aulkietaraino
directive	aulkitarantz	aulkirantz	aulkietarantz
destinative	aulkitarako	aulkirako	aulkietarako
ablative	aulkitatik	aulkitik	aulkietatik
partitive	aulkirik	—	—
prolative	aulkitzat	—	—

Derived terms

• aulki elektriko (“electric chair”)
• Aulki Gorena (“Holy See”)
• Aulki Santua (“Holy See”)
• aulki tolesgarri (“folding chair”)
• aulki turkiar (“sella turcica”)
• aulkigile (“chair maker”)
• aulkigintza (“chair manufacture”)
• aulkiko epaile (“chair umpire”)
• aulkiteria (“stall of a church”)
• teleaulki (“chairlift”)

Further reading

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