gurpil

Basque

Etymology

From gurdi (“cart”) +‎ Proto-Basque *bil (“round”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ɡurpil/ [ɡur.pil]
• Rhymes: -urpil
• Hyphenation: gur‧pil

Noun

gurpil inan

1. wheel

   Synonyms: arroda (Northern, dated), errota (“Northern”)

Declension

Declension of gurpil (inanimate, ending in consonant)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	gurpil	gurpila	gurpilak
ergative	gurpilek	gurpilak	gurpilek
dative	gurpili	gurpilari	gurpilei
genitive	gurpilen	gurpilaren	gurpilen
comitative	gurpilekin	gurpilarekin	gurpilekin
causative	gurpilengatik	gurpilarengatik	gurpilengatik
benefactive	gurpilentzat	gurpilarentzat	gurpilentzat
instrumental	gurpilez	gurpilaz	gurpilez
inessive	gurpiletan	gurpilean	gurpiletan
locative	gurpiletako	gurpileko	gurpiletako
allative	gurpiletara	gurpilera	gurpiletara
terminative	gurpiletaraino	gurpileraino	gurpiletaraino
directive	gurpiletarantz	gurpilerantz	gurpiletarantz
destinative	gurpiletarako	gurpilerako	gurpiletarako
ablative	gurpiletatik	gurpiletik	gurpiletatik
partitive	gurpilik	—	—
prolative	gurpiltzat	—	—

Derived terms

• gurpil zoro
• gurpil-aulki (“wheelchair”)
• gurpildun (“wheeled”)

 

Further reading

• “gurpil”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “gurpil”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005