botila

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish botella.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /botila/ [bo.t̪i.la]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /botiʎa/ [bo.t̪i.ʎa]
• Rhymes: -ila, -a
• Rhymes: -iʎa, -a
• Hyphenation: bo‧ti‧la

Noun

botila inan

1. bottle

Declension

Declension of botila (inanimate, ending in -a)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	botila	botila	botilak
ergative	botilak	botilak	botilek
dative	botilari	botilari	botilei
genitive	botilaren	botilaren	botilen
comitative	botilarekin	botilarekin	botilekin
causative	botilarengatik	botilarengatik	botilengatik
benefactive	botilarentzat	botilarentzat	botilentzat
instrumental	botilaz	botilaz	botilez
inessive	botilatan	botilan	botiletan
locative	botilatako	botilako	botiletako
allative	botilatara	botilara	botiletara
terminative	botilataraino	botilaraino	botiletaraino
directive	botilatarantz	botilarantz	botiletarantz
destinative	botilatarako	botilarako	botiletarako
ablative	botilatatik	botilatik	botiletatik
partitive	botilarik	—	—
prolative	botilatzat	—	—

Derived terms

• botilatu (“to bottle”)
• botilatxo (“flask”)

Further reading

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