iloba
Basque
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Basque *iLoba, contains the kinship suffix -ba.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /iloba/ [i.lo.β̞a]
- IPA(key): (Southern) /iʎoba/ [i.ʎo.β̞a]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -oba
- Hyphenation: i‧lo‧ba
Noun
[edit]iloba anim
- nephew, niece
- Synonym: biloba
- grandchild, grandson, granddaughter
Declension
[edit]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
[edit]- iloba txiki (“second cousin”)
- ilobaso
Further reading
[edit]- “iloba”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
- “iloba”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005