igogailu
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Basque
Etymology
From igo (“to go up”) + gailu (“device”).
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /iɡoɡai̯lu/
- IPA(key): (Southern) /iɡoɡaʎu/
- Rhymes: -ai̯lu, -u
- Rhymes: -aʎu, -u
- Hyphenation: i‧go‧gai‧lu
Noun
igogailu inan
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | igogailu | igogailua | igogailuak |
| ergative | igogailuk | igogailuak | igogailuek |
| dative | igogailuri | igogailuari | igogailuei |
| genitive | igogailuren | igogailuaren | igogailuen |
| comitative | igogailurekin | igogailuarekin | igogailuekin |
| causative | igogailurengatik | igogailuarengatik | igogailuengatik |
| benefactive | igogailurentzat | igogailuarentzat | igogailuentzat |
| instrumental | igogailuz | igogailuaz | igogailuez |
| inessive | igogailutan | igogailuan | igogailuetan |
| locative | igogailutako | igogailuko | igogailuetako |
| allative | igogailutara | igogailura | igogailuetara |
| terminative | igogailutaraino | igogailuraino | igogailuetaraino |
| directive | igogailutarantz | igogailurantz | igogailuetarantz |
| destinative | igogailutarako | igogailurako | igogailuetarako |
| ablative | igogailutatik | igogailutik | igogailuetatik |
| partitive | igogailurik | — | — |
| prolative | igogailutzat | — | — |
Derived terms
- igogailuzain (“elevator operator”)
Further reading
- “igogailu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “igogailu”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005