gamelu

Basque

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *ganbeLu, borrowed from Vulgar Latin *camellus, from Latin camelus, from Ancient Greek κάμηλος (kámēlos), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *gamal-. Sense two is a semantical borrowing from Spanish camello.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡamelu/ [ɡa.me.lu]

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• Rhymes: -elu, -u
• Hyphenation: ga‧me‧lu

Noun

gamelu anim

1. camel
2. (informal) pusher

Declension

Declension of gamelu (animate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	gamelu	gamelua	gameluak
ergative	gameluk	gameluak	gameluek
dative	gameluri	gameluari	gameluei
genitive	gameluren	gameluaren	gameluen
comitative	gamelurekin	gameluarekin	gameluekin
causative	gamelurengatik	gameluarengatik	gameluengatik
benefactive	gamelurentzat	gameluarentzat	gameluentzat
instrumental	gameluz	gameluaz	gameluez
inessive	gamelurengan	gameluarengan	gameluengan
locative	—	—	—
allative	gamelurengana	gameluarengana	gameluengana
terminative	gamelurenganaino	gameluarenganaino	gameluenganaino
directive	gamelurenganantz	gameluarenganantz	gameluenganantz
destinative	gamelurenganako	gameluarenganako	gameluenganako
ablative	gamelurengandik	gameluarengandik	gameluengandik
partitive	gamelurik	—	—
prolative	gamelutzat	—	—

Derived terms

• gameluzain

Further reading

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