lokailu
Basque
Etymology
From lotu (“to join”) + gailu (“device”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /lokai̯lu/ [lo.kai̯.lu]
- IPA(key): (Southern) /lokaʎu/ [lo.ka.ʎu]
- Rhymes: -ai̯lu, -u
- Rhymes: -aʎu, -u
- Hyphenation: lo‧kai‧lu
Noun
lokailu inan
- (grammar) conjunction
- Synonyms: juntagailu, testu antolatzaile
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | proximal plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | lokailu | lokailua | lokailuak | lokailuok |
| ergative | lokailuk | lokailuak | lokailuek | lokailuok |
| dative | lokailuri | lokailuari | lokailuei | lokailuoi |
| genitive | lokailuren | lokailuaren | lokailuen | lokailuon |
| comitative | lokailurekin | lokailuarekin | lokailuekin | lokailuokin |
| causative | lokailurengatik | lokailuarengatik | lokailuengatik | lokailuongatik |
| benefactive | lokailurentzat | lokailuarentzat | lokailuentzat | lokailuontzat |
| instrumental | lokailuz | lokailuaz | lokailuez | lokailuotaz |
| innesive | lokailutan | lokailuan | lokailuetan | lokailuotan |
| locative | lokailutako | lokailuko | lokailuetako | lokailuotako |
| allative | lokailutara | lokailura | lokailuetara | lokailuotara |
| terminative | lokailutaraino | lokailuraino | lokailuetaraino | lokailuotaraino |
| directive | lokailutarantz | lokailurantz | lokailuetarantz | lokailuotarantz |
| destinative | lokailutarako | lokailurako | lokailuetarako | lokailuotarako |
| ablative | lokailutatik | lokailutik | lokailuetatik | lokailuotatik |
| partitive | lokailurik | — | — | — |
| prolative | lokailutzat | — | — | — |
Further reading
- “lokailu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “lokailu”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005