gailu

Basque

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ɡai̯lu/ [ɡai̯.lu]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /ɡaʎu/ [ɡa.ʎu]
• Rhymes: -ai̯lu, -u
• Rhymes: -aʎu, -u
• Hyphenation: gai‧lu

Noun

gailu inan

1. device

Declension

Declension of gailu (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	gailu	gailua	gailuak
ergative	gailuk	gailuak	gailuek
dative	gailuri	gailuari	gailuei
genitive	gailuren	gailuaren	gailuen
comitative	gailurekin	gailuarekin	gailuekin
causative	gailurengatik	gailuarengatik	gailuengatik
benefactive	gailurentzat	gailuarentzat	gailuentzat
instrumental	gailuz	gailuaz	gailuez
inessive	gailutan	gailuan	gailuetan
locative	gailutako	gailuko	gailuetako
allative	gailutara	gailura	gailuetara
terminative	gailutaraino	gailuraino	gailuetaraino
directive	gailutarantz	gailurantz	gailuetarantz
destinative	gailutarako	gailurako	gailuetarako
ablative	gailutatik	gailutik	gailuetatik
partitive	gailurik	—	—
prolative	gailutzat	—	—

Derived terms

• abiagailu (“engine starter”)
• aerolabaingailu (“hovercraft”)
• berogailu (“heater”)
• eranskailu (“sticker”)
• garbigailu (“washing machine”)
• grapagailu (“stapler”)
• hozkailu (“refrigerator; fridge”)
• ibilgailu (“vehicle”)
• igerigailu (“float”)
• igogailu (“lift, elevator”)
• izozkailu (“freezer”)
• kontagailu (“meter”)
• lokailu (“conjunction”)
• ordenagailu (“computer”)
• txigorgailu (“toaster”)
• xurgagailu (“vacuum cleaner”)
• zorrozkailu (“pencil sharpener”)
• zulagailu (“drill”)

Further reading

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