koinatu

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from some early Romance language, eventually from Latin cognātus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /koi̯natu/ [koi̯.na.t̪u]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /koɲatu/ [ko.ɲa.t̪u]
• Rhymes: -atu, -u
• Hyphenation: koi‧na‧tu

Noun

koinatu anim

1. brother-in-law

Declension

Declension of koinatu (animate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	koinatu	koinatua	koinatuak
ergative	koinatuk	koinatuak	koinatuek
dative	koinaturi	koinatuari	koinatuei
genitive	koinaturen	koinatuaren	koinatuen
comitative	koinaturekin	koinatuarekin	koinatuekin
causative	koinaturengatik	koinatuarengatik	koinatuengatik
benefactive	koinaturentzat	koinatuarentzat	koinatuentzat
instrumental	koinatuz	koinatuaz	koinatuez
inessive	koinaturengan	koinatuarengan	koinatuengan
locative	—	—	—
allative	koinaturengana	koinatuarengana	koinatuengana
terminative	koinaturenganaino	koinatuarenganaino	koinatuenganaino
directive	koinaturenganantz	koinatuarenganantz	koinatuenganantz
destinative	koinaturenganako	koinatuarenganako	koinatuenganako
ablative	koinaturengandik	koinatuarengandik	koinatuengandik
partitive	koinaturik	—	—
prolative	koinatutzat	—	—

Derived terms

• koinatu-koinata (“siblings-in-law”)

Related terms

• koinata (“sister-in-law”)

See also

• aitaginarreba (“father-in-law”)
• amaginarreba (“mother-in-law”)
• errain (“daughter-in-law”)
• suhi (“son-in-law”)

Further reading

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