errota

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rota (“wheel”). Doublet of arroda.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /erota/, [e̞.ro̞.t̪a]

Noun

errota inan

1. mill

   Synonyms: eihera (Northern), bolu (Biscayan)

2. grinder, coffee grinder
3. (Northern) wheel

   Synonym: gurpil

4. gizzard

   Synonyms: paparo, hera

Declension

Declension of errota (inanimate, ending in -a)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	errota	errota	errotak
ergative	errotak	errotak	errotek
dative	errotari	errotari	errotei
genitive	errotaren	errotaren	erroten
comitative	errotarekin	errotarekin	errotekin
causative	errotarengatik	errotarengatik	errotengatik
benefactive	errotarentzat	errotarentzat	errotentzat
instrumental	errotaz	errotaz	errotez
inessive	errotatan	errotan	errotetan
locative	errotatako	errotako	errotetako
allative	errotatara	errotara	errotetara
terminative	errotataraino	errotaraino	errotetaraino
directive	errotatarantz	errotarantz	errotetarantz
destinative	errotatarako	errotarako	errotetarako
ablative	errotatatik	errotatik	errotetatik
partitive	errotarik	—	—
prolative	errotatzat	—	—

Derived terms

• errota-hegal (“blade, vane”)
• errotari (“miller”)
• errotarri (“millstone”)
• errotazain (“miller”)

Further reading

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