igogailu
Basque
Etymology
From igo (“to go up”) + gailu (“device”).
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /iɡoɡai̯lu/ [i.ɣ̞o.ɣ̞ai̯.lu]
- IPA(key): (Southern) /iɡoɡaʎu/ [i.ɣ̞o.ɣ̞a.ʎu]
- Rhymes: -ai̯lu, -u
- Rhymes: -aʎu, -u
- Hyphenation: i‧go‧gai‧lu
Noun
igogailu inan
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | proximal plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | igogailu | igogailua | igogailuak | igogailuok |
| ergative | igogailuk | igogailuak | igogailuek | igogailuok |
| dative | igogailuri | igogailuari | igogailuei | igogailuoi |
| genitive | igogailuren | igogailuaren | igogailuen | igogailuon |
| comitative | igogailurekin | igogailuarekin | igogailuekin | igogailuokin |
| causative | igogailurengatik | igogailuarengatik | igogailuengatik | igogailuongatik |
| benefactive | igogailurentzat | igogailuarentzat | igogailuentzat | igogailuontzat |
| instrumental | igogailuz | igogailuaz | igogailuez | igogailuotaz |
| innesive | igogailutan | igogailuan | igogailuetan | igogailuotan |
| locative | igogailutako | igogailuko | igogailuetako | igogailuotako |
| allative | igogailutara | igogailura | igogailuetara | igogailuotara |
| terminative | igogailutaraino | igogailuraino | igogailuetaraino | igogailuotaraino |
| directive | igogailutarantz | igogailurantz | igogailuetarantz | igogailuotarantz |
| destinative | igogailutarako | igogailurako | igogailuetarako | igogailuotarako |
| ablative | igogailutatik | igogailutik | igogailuetatik | igogailuotatik |
| partitive | igogailurik | — | — | — |
| prolative | igogailutzat | — | — | — |
Derived terms
- igogailuzain (“elevator operator”)
Further reading
- “igogailu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “igogailu”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005