jainkojale

Basque

Etymology

From jainko (“god, deity”) +‎ jale (“eater”), a pun on jainkozale (“devout, pious”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ɟai̯nkoɟale/ [ɟai̯ŋ.ko.ɟa.le]

 

• IPA^(key): (Southern) /xai̯nkoxale/ [xai̯ŋ.ko.xa.le]

• IPA^(key): (Gipuzkoan) /xai̯nkoxale/ [xai̯ŋ.ko.xa.le]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /d͡ʒai̯nkod͡ʒale/ [d͡ʒai̯ŋ.ko.d͡ʒa.le]
• IPA^(key): (Navarrese) /jai̯nkojale/ [jai̯ŋ.ko.ja.le]

• Rhymes: -ale, -e
• Hyphenation: jain‧ko‧ja‧le

Noun

jainkojale (comparative jainkojaleago, superlative jainkojaleen, excessive jainkojaleegi)

1. (rare) holier-than-thou

Declension

Declension of jainkojale (adjective, ending in vowel)

		indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive		jainkojale	jainkojalea	jainkojaleak
ergative		jainkojalek	jainkojaleak	jainkojaleek
dative		jainkojaleri	jainkojaleari	jainkojaleei
genitive		jainkojaleren	jainkojalearen	jainkojaleen
comitative		jainkojalerekin	jainkojalearekin	jainkojaleekin
causative		jainkojalerengatik	jainkojalearengatik	jainkojaleengatik
benefactive		jainkojalerentzat	jainkojalearentzat	jainkojaleentzat
instrumental		jainkojalez	jainkojaleaz	jainkojaleez
inessive	anim	jainkojalerengan	jainkojalearengan	jainkojaleengan
	inan	jainkojaletan	jainkojalean	jainkojaleetan
locative	anim	—	—	—
	inan	jainkojaletako	jainkojaleko	jainkojaleetako
allative	anim	jainkojalerengana	jainkojalearengana	jainkojaleengana
	inan	jainkojaletara	jainkojalera	jainkojaleetara
terminative	anim	jainkojalerenganaino	jainkojalearenganaino	jainkojaleenganaino
	inan	jainkojaletaraino	jainkojaleraino	jainkojaleetaraino
directive	anim	jainkojalerenganantz	jainkojalearenganantz	jainkojaleenganantz
	inan	jainkojaletarantz	jainkojalerantz	jainkojaleetarantz
destinative	anim	jainkojalerenganako	jainkojalearenganako	jainkojaleenganako
	inan	jainkojaletarako	jainkojalerako	jainkojaleetarako
ablative	anim	jainkojalerengandik	jainkojalearengandik	jainkojaleengandik
	inan	jainkojaletatik	jainkojaletik	jainkojaleetatik
partitive		jainkojalerik	—	—
prolative		jainkojaletzat	—	—

Further reading

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