lokailu

Basque

Etymology

From lotu (“to join”) +‎ gailu (“device”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /lokai̯lu/ [lo.kai̯.lu]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /lokaʎu/ [lo.ka.ʎu]
• Rhymes: -ai̯lu, -u
• Rhymes: -aʎu, -u
• Hyphenation: lo‧kai‧lu

Noun

lokailu inan

1. (grammar) conjunction

   Synonyms: juntagailu, testu antolatzaile

Declension

Declension of lokailu (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
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

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