birika
Basque
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /biɾika/ [bi.ɾi.ka]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ika, -a
- Hyphenation: bi‧ri‧ka
Noun
birika inan
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | proximal plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | birika | birika | birikak | birikok |
| ergative | birikak | birikak | birikek | birikok |
| dative | birikari | birikari | birikei | birikoi |
| genitive | birikaren | birikaren | biriken | birikon |
| comitative | birikarekin | birikarekin | birikekin | birikokin |
| causative | birikarengatik | birikarengatik | birikengatik | birikongatik |
| benefactive | birikarentzat | birikarentzat | birikentzat | birikontzat |
| instrumental | birikaz | birikaz | birikez | birikotaz |
| innesive | birikatan | birikan | biriketan | birikotan |
| locative | birikatako | birikako | biriketako | birikotako |
| allative | birikatara | birikara | biriketara | birikotara |
| terminative | birikataraino | birikaraino | biriketaraino | birikotaraino |
| directive | birikatarantz | birikarantz | biriketarantz | birikotarantz |
| destinative | birikatarako | birikarako | biriketarako | birikotarako |
| ablative | birikatatik | birikatik | biriketatik | birikotatik |
| partitive | birikarik | — | — | — |
| prolative | birikatzat | — | — | — |
Further reading
- “birika”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “birika”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Swahili
Etymology
Etymology tree
Middle Persian *ābrēkbor.?
Parthian *ābrēkbor.?
Classical Syriac ܐܒܪܝܩܐ (ʾaḇrēqā)bor.?
Swahili birika
Borrowed from Arabic إِبْرِيق (ʔibrīq).[1]
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya): (file)
Noun
birika class V (plural mabirika class VI)
References
- ^ Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020), Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 9 Nr. 6