aizkora

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Basque

Etymology

Probably a borrowing from Late Latin asciola.[1] Basque prehistorian José Miguel Barandiaran had previously proposed that the term was formed as a compound in pre-historic Basque with the first element, (h)aitz (stone) and the second, gora (on top, up).[2]

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most dialects) /ai̯s̻koɾa/
  • IPA(key): (Biscayan) /ai̯s̺koɾa/

  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -oɾa, -a
  • Hyphenation: aiz‧ko‧ra

Noun

aizkora inan

  1. axe, ax

Declension

Declension of aizkora (inanimate, ending in -a)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive aizkora aizkora aizkorak
ergative aizkorak aizkorak aizkorek
dative aizkorari aizkorari aizkorei
genitive aizkoraren aizkoraren aizkoren
comitative aizkorarekin aizkorarekin aizkorekin
causative aizkorarengatik aizkorarengatik aizkorengatik
benefactive aizkorarentzat aizkorarentzat aizkorentzat
instrumental aizkoraz aizkoraz aizkorez
inessive aizkoratan aizkoran aizkoretan
locative aizkoratako aizkorako aizkoretako
allative aizkoratara aizkorara aizkoretara
terminative aizkorataraino aizkoraraino aizkoretaraino
directive aizkoratarantz aizkorarantz aizkoretarantz
destinative aizkoratarako aizkorarako aizkoretarako
ablative aizkoratatik aizkoratik aizkoretatik
partitive aizkorarik
prolative aizkoratzat

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ aizkora” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
  2. ^ José Miguel Barandiaran, Dictionnaire étymologique basque-français-espagnol,

Further reading

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