aingira

Basque

Etymology

Probably inherited from Proto-Basque *angila, ultimately from Latin anguīlla (“eel”). This etymology, while being the most plausible, is problematic since the Latin term should have been borrowed into Proto-Basque as *angiLa, which would have yielded something akin to *aingila.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ai̯nɡiɾa/ [ai̯ŋ.ɡi.ɾa]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -iɾa, -a
  • Hyphenation: ain‧gi‧ra

Noun

aingira anim

  1. eel

Declension

Declension of aingira (anim a-stem)
indefinite singular plural proximal plural
absolutive aingira aingira aingirak aingirok
ergative aingirak aingirak aingirek aingirok
dative aingirari aingirari aingirei aingiroi
genitive aingiraren aingiraren aingiren aingiron
comitative aingirarekin aingirarekin aingirekin aingirokin
causative aingirarengatik aingirarengatik aingirengatik aingirongatik
benefactive aingirarentzat aingirarentzat aingirentzat aingirontzat
instrumental aingiraz aingiraz aingirez aingirotaz
innesive aingirarengan aingirarengan aingirengan aingirongan
locative — — — —
allative aingirarengana aingirarengana aingirengana aingirongana
terminative aingirarenganaino aingirarenganaino aingirenganaino aingironganaino
directive aingirarenganantz aingirarenganantz aingirenganantz aingironganantz
destinative aingirarenganako aingirarenganako aingirenganako aingironganako
ablative aingirarengandik aingirarengandik aingirengandik aingirongandik
partitive aingirarik — — —
prolative aingiratzat — — —

Derived terms

  • aingira more (“moray”)
  • aingira-belar (“scum, vegetation found floating on the surface of ponds”)
  • aingiratxa (“elver”)
  • aingirazorri (“water strider”)

Further reading

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