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Basque
Etymology
From nahiko (“enough, quite”) + -a.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /nahikoa/
- IPA(key): (Southern) /nai̯koa/
- Rhymes: -oa, -a
- Hyphenation: na‧hi‧ko‧a
Adverb
nahikoa (not comparable)
- Alternative form of nahiko (“quite”)
- enough
Usage notes
- The sense "enough" is exclusive to nahikoa.
Derived terms
Determiner
nahikoa (preposed/postposed)
- Alternative form of nahiko (“enough”)
Noun
nahikoa
- absolutive singular of nahiko
Further reading
- “nahiko”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]