zigilu

Basque

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *zigiLu, from Latin sigillum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /s̻iɡilu/ [s̻i.ɣ̞i.lu]

 

• IPA^(key): (Southern) /s̻iɡiʎu/ [s̻i.ɣ̞i.ʎu]

• IPA^(key): (Gipuzkoan, Navarrese) /s̻iɡiʎu/ [s̻i.ɣ̞i.ʎu]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /s̺iɡiʎu/ [s̺i.ɣ̞i.ʎu]

• Rhymes: -ilu, -u
• Rhymes: -iʎu, -u
• Hyphenation: zi‧gi‧lu

Noun

zigilu inan

1. seal, sigil
2. postage stamp

Declension

Declension of zigilu (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	zigilu	zigilua	zigiluak
ergative	zigiluk	zigiluak	zigiluek
dative	zigiluri	zigiluari	zigiluei
genitive	zigiluren	zigiluaren	zigiluen
comitative	zigilurekin	zigiluarekin	zigiluekin
causative	zigilurengatik	zigiluarengatik	zigiluengatik
benefactive	zigilurentzat	zigiluarentzat	zigiluentzat
instrumental	zigiluz	zigiluaz	zigiluez
inessive	zigilutan	zigiluan	zigiluetan
locative	zigilutako	zigiluko	zigiluetako
allative	zigilutara	zigilura	zigiluetara
terminative	zigilutaraino	zigiluraino	zigiluetaraino
directive	zigilutarantz	zigilurantz	zigiluetarantz
destinative	zigilutarako	zigilurako	zigiluetarako
ablative	zigilutatik	zigilutik	zigiluetatik
partitive	zigilurik	—	—
prolative	zigilutzat	—	—

Derived terms

• zigilatu (“to stamp”)
• zigilu-marka
• zigilu-markatzeko
• zigiludun

Further reading

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