zikoina

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Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cicōnia, with metathesis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /s̻ikoi̯na/
 
  • IPA(key): (Gipuzkoan, Navarrese) /s̻ikoɲa/
  • IPA(key): (Biscayan) /s̺ikoɲa/

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  • Rhymes: -oi̯na, -a
  • Rhymes: -oɲa, -a
  • Hyphenation: zi‧koi‧na

Noun

zikoina anim

  1. stork
    Synonym: amiamoko

Declension

Declension of zikoina (animate, ending in -a)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive zikoina zikoina zikoinak
ergative zikoinak zikoinak zikoinek
dative zikoinari zikoinari zikoinei
genitive zikoinaren zikoinaren zikoinen
comitative zikoinarekin zikoinarekin zikoinekin
causative zikoinarengatik zikoinarengatik zikoinengatik
benefactive zikoinarentzat zikoinarentzat zikoinentzat
instrumental zikoinaz zikoinaz zikoinez
inessive zikoinarengan zikoinarengan zikoinengan
locative — — —
allative zikoinarengana zikoinarengana zikoinengana
terminative zikoinarenganaino zikoinarenganaino zikoinenganaino
directive zikoinarenganantz zikoinarenganantz zikoinenganantz
destinative zikoinarenganako zikoinarenganako zikoinenganako
ablative zikoinarengandik zikoinarengandik zikoinengandik
partitive zikoinarik — —
prolative zikoinatzat — —

Further reading

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