alkandora
Basque
Etymology
Probably borrowed from Spanish alcandora, from Andalusian Arabic الْقَنْدُورَة (al-qandūra), from Classical Persian قنتوره (qantūra, “a braided shirt”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alkandoɾa/ [al.kãn̪.d̪o.ɾa]
- Rhymes: -oɾa, -a
- Hyphenation: al‧kan‧do‧ra
Noun
alkandora inan
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | proximal plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | alkandora | alkandora | alkandorak | alkandorok |
| ergative | alkandorak | alkandorak | alkandorek | alkandorok |
| dative | alkandorari | alkandorari | alkandorei | alkandoroi |
| genitive | alkandoraren | alkandoraren | alkandoren | alkandoron |
| comitative | alkandorarekin | alkandorarekin | alkandorekin | alkandorokin |
| causative | alkandorarengatik | alkandorarengatik | alkandorengatik | alkandorongatik |
| benefactive | alkandorarentzat | alkandorarentzat | alkandorentzat | alkandorontzat |
| instrumental | alkandoraz | alkandoraz | alkandorez | alkandorotaz |
| innesive | alkandoratan | alkandoran | alkandoretan | alkandorotan |
| locative | alkandoratako | alkandorako | alkandoretako | alkandorotako |
| allative | alkandoratara | alkandorara | alkandoretara | alkandorotara |
| terminative | alkandorataraino | alkandoraraino | alkandoretaraino | alkandorotaraino |
| directive | alkandoratarantz | alkandorarantz | alkandoretarantz | alkandorotarantz |
| destinative | alkandoratarako | alkandorarako | alkandoretarako | alkandorotarako |
| ablative | alkandoratatik | alkandoratik | alkandoretatik | alkandorotatik |
| partitive | alkandorarik | — | — | — |
| prolative | alkandoratzat | — | — | — |
Derived terms
- alkandora hutsean (“in shirt sleeves”)
- alkandora hutsik (“in shirt sleeves”)
References
- ^ Corriente, Federico (2008), “alcandora”, in Dictionary of Arabic and Allied Loanwords. Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician and Kindred Dialects (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 97), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 76
Further reading
- “alkandora”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “alkandora”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005