kikara
Basque
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish jícara, itself eventually from Nahuatl xicalli.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kikaɾa/ [ki.ka.ɾa]
- Rhymes: -aɾa, -a
- Hyphenation: ki‧ka‧ra
Noun
kikara inan
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | proximal plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | kikara | kikara | kikarak | kikarok |
| ergative | kikarak | kikarak | kikarek | kikarok |
| dative | kikarari | kikarari | kikarei | kikaroi |
| genitive | kikararen | kikararen | kikaren | kikaron |
| comitative | kikararekin | kikararekin | kikarekin | kikarokin |
| causative | kikararengatik | kikararengatik | kikarengatik | kikarongatik |
| benefactive | kikararentzat | kikararentzat | kikarentzat | kikarontzat |
| instrumental | kikaraz | kikaraz | kikarez | kikarotaz |
| innesive | kikaratan | kikaran | kikaretan | kikarotan |
| locative | kikaratako | kikarako | kikaretako | kikarotako |
| allative | kikaratara | kikarara | kikaretara | kikarotara |
| terminative | kikarataraino | kikararaino | kikaretaraino | kikarotaraino |
| directive | kikaratarantz | kikararantz | kikaretarantz | kikarotarantz |
| destinative | kikaratarako | kikararako | kikaretarako | kikarotarako |
| ablative | kikaratatik | kikaratik | kikaretatik | kikarotatik |
| partitive | kikararik | — | — | — |
| prolative | kikaratzat | — | — | — |
Derived terms
- kikarakada (“cupful”)
Further reading
- “kikara”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]