kontagailu

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Basque

Etymology

From kontatu (“to count”) +‎ gailu (“device”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /kontaɡai̯lu/
  • IPA(key): (Southern) /kontaɡaʎu/
  • Rhymes: -ai̯lu, -u
  • Rhymes: -aʎu, -u
  • Hyphenation: kon‧ta‧gai‧lu

Noun

kontagailu inan

  1. meter (instrument)

Declension

Declension of kontagailu (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive kontagailu kontagailua kontagailuak
ergative kontagailuk kontagailuak kontagailuek
dative kontagailuri kontagailuari kontagailuei
genitive kontagailuren kontagailuaren kontagailuen
comitative kontagailurekin kontagailuarekin kontagailuekin
causative kontagailurengatik kontagailuarengatik kontagailuengatik
benefactive kontagailurentzat kontagailuarentzat kontagailuentzat
instrumental kontagailuz kontagailuaz kontagailuez
inessive kontagailutan kontagailuan kontagailuetan
locative kontagailutako kontagailuko kontagailuetako
allative kontagailutara kontagailura kontagailuetara
terminative kontagailutaraino kontagailuraino kontagailuetaraino
directive kontagailutarantz kontagailurantz kontagailuetarantz
destinative kontagailutarako kontagailurako kontagailuetarako
ablative kontagailutatik kontagailutik kontagailuetatik
partitive kontagailurik — —
prolative kontagailutzat — —

Further reading

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