birika
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Basque
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
birika inan
Declension
Declension of birika (inanimate, ending in -a)
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | birika | birika | birikak |
| ergative | birikak | birikak | birikek |
| dative | birikari | birikari | birikei |
| genitive | birikaren | birikaren | biriken |
| comitative | birikarekin | birikarekin | birikekin |
| causative | birikarengatik | birikarengatik | birikengatik |
| benefactive | birikarentzat | birikarentzat | birikentzat |
| instrumental | birikaz | birikaz | birikez |
| inessive | birikatan | birikan | biriketan |
| locative | birikatako | birikako | biriketako |
| allative | birikatara | birikara | biriketara |
| terminative | birikataraino | birikaraino | biriketaraino |
| directive | birikatarantz | birikarantz | biriketarantz |
| destinative | birikatarako | birikarako | biriketarako |
| ablative | birikatatik | birikatik | biriketatik |
| partitive | birikarik | — | — |
| prolative | birikatzat | — | — |
Further reading
- “birika”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
- “birika”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Swahili
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic إِبْرِيق (ʔibrīq).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
birika (ma class, plural mabirika)
References
- ^ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 9 Nr. 6