jainkoilo
Basque
FWOTD – 16 February 2022
Etymology
From jainko (“god”) + oilo (“hen”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ɟai̯nkoi̯lo/ [ɟai̯ŋ.koi̯.lo]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -oi̯lo, -o
- Rhymes: -oʎo, -o
- Hyphenation: jain‧koi‧lo
Noun
jainkoilo anim
- (rare, literary) butterfly
- Synonyms: tximeleta, pinpilinpauxa, sorgin-oilo
- 1834, Agosti Xaho, Azti-Beguia:
- Orhit düzia Lehen-Süge hura ikhusirik, jinkoilluaren harra bere khokotsian bezala, bere egongiak lürpian edo ifernietan obratzen […]
- You who saw the snake Lehen, do you remember how it built its underground residence […] like a male butterfly its cocoon?
- 2000, Pedro Alberdi, quoting Gabriel Aresti, Satorrak baino lurperago, Alberdaina, →ISBN, page 224:
- Mila eta bostehun jainkoilo beltz pausatu ziren ene leihoaren kontra
- One thousand and five hundred black butterflies alighted upon my window
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | proximal plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | jainkoilo | jainkoiloa | jainkoiloak | jainkoilook |
| ergative | jainkoilok | jainkoiloak | jainkoiloek | jainkoilook |
| dative | jainkoilori | jainkoiloari | jainkoiloei | jainkoilooi |
| genitive | jainkoiloren | jainkoiloaren | jainkoiloen | jainkoiloon |
| comitative | jainkoilorekin | jainkoiloarekin | jainkoiloekin | jainkoilookin |
| causative | jainkoilorengatik | jainkoiloarengatik | jainkoiloengatik | jainkoiloongatik |
| benefactive | jainkoilorentzat | jainkoiloarentzat | jainkoiloentzat | jainkoiloontzat |
| instrumental | jainkoiloz | jainkoiloaz | jainkoiloez | jainkoilootaz |
| innesive | jainkoilorengan | jainkoiloarengan | jainkoiloengan | jainkoiloongan |
| locative | — | — | — | — |
| allative | jainkoilorengana | jainkoiloarengana | jainkoiloengana | jainkoiloongana |
| terminative | jainkoilorenganaino | jainkoiloarenganaino | jainkoiloenganaino | jainkoiloonganaino |
| directive | jainkoilorenganantz | jainkoiloarenganantz | jainkoiloenganantz | jainkoiloonganantz |
| destinative | jainkoilorenganako | jainkoiloarenganako | jainkoiloenganako | jainkoiloonganako |
| ablative | jainkoilorengandik | jainkoiloarengandik | jainkoiloengandik | jainkoiloongandik |
| partitive | jainkoilorik | — | — | — |
| prolative | jainkoilotzat | — | — | — |
Further reading
- “jainkoilo”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “jainkoilo”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005