lokailu
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Basque
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From lotu (“to join”) + gailu (“device”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /lokai̯lu/ [lo.kai̯.lu]
- IPA(key): (Southern) /lokaʎu/ [lo.ka.ʎu]
- Rhymes: -ai̯lu
- Rhymes: -aʎu
- Hyphenation: lo‧kai‧lu
Noun
[edit]lokailu inan
- (grammar) conjunction
- Synonyms: juntagailu, testu antolatzaile
Declension
[edit]Declension of lokailu (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | lokailu | lokailua | lokailuak |
ergative | lokailuk | lokailuak | lokailuek |
dative | lokailuri | lokailuari | lokailuei |
genitive | lokailuren | lokailuaren | lokailuen |
comitative | lokailurekin | lokailuarekin | lokailuekin |
causative | lokailurengatik | lokailuarengatik | lokailuengatik |
benefactive | lokailurentzat | lokailuarentzat | lokailuentzat |
instrumental | lokailuz | lokailuaz | lokailuez |
inessive | lokailutan | lokailuan | lokailuetan |
locative | lokailutako | lokailuko | lokailuetako |
allative | lokailutara | lokailura | lokailuetara |
terminative | lokailutaraino | lokailuraino | lokailuetaraino |
directive | lokailutarantz | lokailurantz | lokailuetarantz |
destinative | lokailutarako | lokailurako | lokailuetarako |
ablative | lokailutatik | lokailutik | lokailuetatik |
partitive | lokailurik | — | — |
prolative | lokailutzat | — | — |
Further reading
[edit]- “lokailu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
- “lokailu”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005