ekilore

Basque

Etymology

From eki (“sun”) (dialectal) +‎ lore (“flower”), a modern coinage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ekiloɾe/ [e.ki.lo.ɾe]

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• Rhymes: -oɾe, -e
• Hyphenation: e‧ki‧lo‧re

Noun

ekilore inan

1. sunflower

   Synonym: eguzki-lili

Declension

Declension of ekilore (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	ekilore	ekilorea	ekiloreak
ergative	ekilorek	ekiloreak	ekiloreek
dative	ekiloreri	ekiloreari	ekiloreei
genitive	ekiloreren	ekilorearen	ekiloreen
comitative	ekilorerekin	ekilorearekin	ekiloreekin
causative	ekilorerengatik	ekilorearengatik	ekiloreengatik
benefactive	ekilorerentzat	ekilorearentzat	ekiloreentzat
instrumental	ekilorez	ekiloreaz	ekiloreez
inessive	ekiloretan	ekilorean	ekiloreetan
locative	ekiloretako	ekiloreko	ekiloreetako
allative	ekiloretara	ekilorera	ekiloreetara
terminative	ekiloretaraino	ekiloreraino	ekiloreetaraino
directive	ekiloretarantz	ekilorerantz	ekiloreetarantz
destinative	ekiloretarako	ekilorerako	ekiloreetarako
ablative	ekiloretatik	ekiloretik	ekiloreetatik
partitive	ekilorerik	—	—
prolative	ekiloretzat	—	—

Derived terms

• ekilore-oilo (“sunflower oil”)

Related terms

• eguzki-lore

Further reading

• “ekilore”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]