ispilu

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Spanish spillu (modern espejo), although this may have been a Navarro-Aragonese dialect (espiello). Ultimately from Latin speculum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /is̺pilu/ [is̺.pi.lu]
  • IPA(key): (Southern) /is̺piʎu/ [is̺.pi.ʎu]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ilu, -u
  • Rhymes: -iʎu, -u
  • Hyphenation: is‧pi‧lu

Noun

ispilu inan

  1. mirror

Declension

Declension of ispilu (inan V-stem)
indefinite singular plural proximal plural
absolutive ispilu ispilua ispiluak ispiluok
ergative ispiluk ispiluak ispiluek ispiluok
dative ispiluri ispiluari ispiluei ispiluoi
genitive ispiluren ispiluaren ispiluen ispiluon
comitative ispilurekin ispiluarekin ispiluekin ispiluokin
causative ispilurengatik ispiluarengatik ispiluengatik ispiluongatik
benefactive ispilurentzat ispiluarentzat ispiluentzat ispiluontzat
instrumental ispiluz ispiluaz ispiluez ispiluotaz
innesive ispilutan ispiluan ispiluetan ispiluotan
locative ispilutako ispiluko ispiluetako ispiluotako
allative ispilutara ispilura ispiluetara ispiluotara
terminative ispilutaraino ispiluraino ispiluetaraino ispiluotaraino
directive ispilutarantz ispilurantz ispiluetarantz ispiluotarantz
destinative ispilutarako ispilurako ispiluetarako ispiluotarako
ablative ispilutatik ispilutik ispiluetatik ispiluotatik
partitive ispilurik — — —
prolative ispilutzat — — —

Further reading

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