zigilu

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Basque

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *zigiLu, from Latin sigillum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /s̻iɡilu/
 
  • IPA(key): (Gipuzkoan, Navarrese) /s̻iɡiʎu/
  • IPA(key): (Biscayan) /s̺iɡiʎu/

Noun

zigilu inan

  1. seal, sigil
  2. postage stamp

Declension

Declension of zigilu (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive zigilu zigilua zigiluak
ergative zigiluk zigiluak zigiluek
dative zigiluri zigiluari zigiluei
genitive zigiluren zigiluaren zigiluen
comitative zigilurekin zigiluarekin zigiluekin
causative zigilurengatik zigiluarengatik zigiluengatik
benefactive zigilurentzat zigiluarentzat zigiluentzat
instrumental zigiluz zigiluaz zigiluez
inessive zigilutan zigiluan zigiluetan
locative zigilutako zigiluko zigiluetako
allative zigilutara zigilura zigiluetara
terminative zigilutaraino zigiluraino zigiluetaraino
directive zigilutarantz zigilurantz zigiluetarantz
destinative zigilutarako zigilurako zigiluetarako
ablative zigilutatik zigilutik zigiluetatik
partitive zigilurik
prolative zigilutzat

Derived terms

Further reading

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