neskatila

Basque

Etymology

From neska (“girl”) +‎ -tila (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): (Southern) /nes̺katiʎa/, [ne̞s̺.ka.t̪i.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Northern) /nes̺katila/, [ne̞s̺.ka.t̪i.la]

Noun

neskatila anim

1. girl, young woman

Declension

Declension of neskatila (animate, ending in -a)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	neskatila	neskatila	neskatilak
ergative	neskatilak	neskatilak	neskatilek
dative	neskatilari	neskatilari	neskatilei
genitive	neskatilaren	neskatilaren	neskatilen
comitative	neskatilarekin	neskatilarekin	neskatilekin
causative	neskatilarengatik	neskatilarengatik	neskatilengatik
benefactive	neskatilarentzat	neskatilarentzat	neskatilentzat
instrumental	neskatilaz	neskatilaz	neskatilez
inessive	neskatilarengan	neskatilarengan	neskatilengan
locative	—	—	—
allative	neskatilarengana	neskatilarengana	neskatilengana
terminative	neskatilarenganaino	neskatilarenganaino	neskatilenganaino
directive	neskatilarenganantz	neskatilarenganantz	neskatilenganantz
destinative	neskatilarenganako	neskatilarenganako	neskatilenganako
ablative	neskatilarengandik	neskatilarengandik	neskatilengandik
partitive	neskatilarik	—	—
prolative	neskatilatzat	—	—

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Basque neskatila (“girl”).

Noun

neskatila f (plural neskatilas)

1. (Basque Country) loader and unloader
   • 2017 August, “El empoderamiento de las mujeres del sector pesquero ha acabado con su invisibilidad. Deia, Noticias de Bizkaia”, in Deia‎^[1], archived from the original on 18 August 2017:

     Pese a ello, prosigue "han sido muy pocas veces reconocidas las trabajadoras de la pesca gallegas y vascas, como mariscadoras a pie, rederas, empacadoras y neskatilas, mujeres encargadas de la descarga y el aprovisionamiento de los barcos.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)