jainkosa

Basque

Etymology

From jainko (“god, deity”) +‎ -sa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ɟai̯nkos̺a/ [ɟai̯ŋ.ko.s̺a]

 

• IPA^(key): (Southern) /xai̯nkos̺a/ [xai̯ŋ.ko.s̺a]

• IPA^(key): (Gipuzkoan) /xai̯nkos̺a/ [xai̯ŋ.ko.s̺a]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /d͡ʒai̯nkos̺a/ [d͡ʒai̯ŋ.ko.s̺a]
• IPA^(key): (Navarrese) /jai̯nkos̺a/ [jai̯ŋ.ko.s̺a]

• Rhymes: -os̺a, -a
• Hyphenation: jain‧ko‧sa

Noun

jainkosa anim

1. goddess

Declension

Declension of jainkosa (animate, ending in -a)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	jainkosa	jainkosa	jainkosak
ergative	jainkosak	jainkosak	jainkosek
dative	jainkosari	jainkosari	jainkosei
genitive	jainkosaren	jainkosaren	jainkosen
comitative	jainkosarekin	jainkosarekin	jainkosekin
causative	jainkosarengatik	jainkosarengatik	jainkosengatik
benefactive	jainkosarentzat	jainkosarentzat	jainkosentzat
instrumental	jainkosaz	jainkosaz	jainkosez
inessive	jainkosarengan	jainkosarengan	jainkosengan
locative	—	—	—
allative	jainkosarengana	jainkosarengana	jainkosengana
terminative	jainkosarenganaino	jainkosarenganaino	jainkosenganaino
directive	jainkosarenganantz	jainkosarenganantz	jainkosenganantz
destinative	jainkosarenganako	jainkosarenganako	jainkosenganako
ablative	jainkosarengandik	jainkosarengandik	jainkosengandik
partitive	jainkosarik	—	—
prolative	jainkosatzat	—	—

Further reading

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