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

  1. cup

Declension

Declension of kikara (inan a-stem)
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

Further reading

  • kikara”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]