iloba

Basque

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *iLoba, contains the kinship suffix -ba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /iloba/ [i.lo.β̞a]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /iʎoba/ [i.ʎo.β̞a]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -oba, -a
• Hyphenation: i‧lo‧ba

Noun

iloba anim

1. nephew, niece

   Synonym: biloba

2. grandchild, grandson, granddaughter

Declension

Declension of iloba (animate, ending in -a)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	iloba	iloba	ilobak
ergative	ilobak	ilobak	ilobek
dative	ilobari	ilobari	ilobei
genitive	ilobaren	ilobaren	iloben
comitative	ilobarekin	ilobarekin	ilobekin
causative	ilobarengatik	ilobarengatik	ilobengatik
benefactive	ilobarentzat	ilobarentzat	ilobentzat
instrumental	ilobaz	ilobaz	ilobez
inessive	ilobarengan	ilobarengan	ilobengan
locative	—	—	—
allative	ilobarengana	ilobarengana	ilobengana
terminative	ilobarenganaino	ilobarenganaino	ilobenganaino
directive	ilobarenganantz	ilobarenganantz	ilobenganantz
destinative	ilobarenganako	ilobarenganako	ilobenganako
ablative	ilobarengandik	ilobarengandik	ilobengandik
partitive	ilobarik	—	—
prolative	ilobatzat	—	—

Derived terms

• iloba txiki (“second cousin”)
• ilobaso

Further reading

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