jainkoilo

Basque

FWOTD – 16 February 2022

Etymology

From jainko (“god”) +‎ oilo (“hen”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ɟai̯nkoi̯lo/ [ɟai̯ŋ.koi̯.lo]

 

• IPA^(key): (Southern) /xai̯nkoʎo/ [xai̯ŋ.ko.ʎo]

• IPA^(key): (Gipuzkoan) /xai̯nkoʎo/ [xai̯ŋ.ko.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /d͡ʒai̯nkoʎo/ [d͡ʒai̯ŋ.ko.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Navarrese) /jai̯nkoʎo/ [jai̯ŋ.ko.ʎo]

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• Rhymes: -oi̯lo, -o
• Rhymes: -oʎo, -o
• Hyphenation: jain‧koi‧lo

Noun

jainkoilo anim

1. (rare, literary) butterfly

   Synonyms: tximeleta, pinpilinpauxa, sorgin-oilo

   • 1834, Agosti Xaho, Azti-Beguia:

     Orhit düzia Lehen-Süge hura ikhusirik, jinkoilluaren harra bere khokotsian bezala, bere egongiak lürpian edo ifernietan obratzen […]

     You who saw the snake Lehen, do you remember how it built its underground residence […] like a male butterfly its cocoon?

   • 2000, Pedro Alberdi, quoting Gabriel Aresti, Satorrak baino lurperago, Alberdaina, →ISBN, page 224:

     Mila eta bostehun jainkoilo beltz pausatu ziren ene leihoaren kontra

     One thousand and five hundred black butterflies alighted upon my window

Declension

Declension of jainkoilo (animate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	jainkoilo	jainkoiloa	jainkoiloak
ergative	jainkoilok	jainkoiloak	jainkoiloek
dative	jainkoilori	jainkoiloari	jainkoiloei
genitive	jainkoiloren	jainkoiloaren	jainkoiloen
comitative	jainkoilorekin	jainkoiloarekin	jainkoiloekin
causative	jainkoilorengatik	jainkoiloarengatik	jainkoiloengatik
benefactive	jainkoilorentzat	jainkoiloarentzat	jainkoiloentzat
instrumental	jainkoiloz	jainkoiloaz	jainkoiloez
inessive	jainkoilorengan	jainkoiloarengan	jainkoiloengan
locative	—	—	—
allative	jainkoilorengana	jainkoiloarengana	jainkoiloengana
terminative	jainkoilorenganaino	jainkoiloarenganaino	jainkoiloenganaino
directive	jainkoilorenganantz	jainkoiloarenganantz	jainkoiloenganantz
destinative	jainkoilorenganako	jainkoiloarenganako	jainkoiloenganako
ablative	jainkoilorengandik	jainkoiloarengandik	jainkoiloengandik
partitive	jainkoilorik	—	—
prolative	jainkoilotzat	—	—

Further reading

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