aingira

Basque

Etymology

Probably inherited from Proto-Basque *angila, ultimately from Latin anguīlla (“eel”). This etymology, while being the most plausible, is problematic since the Latin term should have been borrowed into Proto-Basque as *angiLa, which would have yielded something akin to *aingila.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ai̯nɡiɾa/, [ãĩ̯ŋ.ɡi.ɾa]

Noun

aingira anim

  1. eel

Declension
Declension of aingira (animate, ending in -a)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive aingira aingira aingirak
ergative aingirak aingirak aingirek
dative aingirari aingirari aingirei
genitive aingiraren aingiraren aingiren
comitative aingirarekin aingirarekin aingirekin
causative aingirarengatik aingirarengatik aingirengatik
benefactive aingirarentzat aingirarentzat aingirentzat
instrumental aingiraz aingiraz aingirez
inessive aingirarengan aingirarengan aingirengan
locative — — —
allative aingirarengana aingirarengana aingirengana
terminative aingirarenganaino aingirarenganaino aingirenganaino
directive aingirarenganantz aingirarenganantz aingirenganantz
destinative aingirarenganako aingirarenganako aingirenganako
ablative aingirarengandik aingirarengandik aingirengandik
partitive aingirarik — —
prolative aingiratzat — —

Derived terms
  • aingira-belar (“scum, vegetation found floating on the surface of ponds”)
  • aingira more (“moray”)
  • aingiratxa (“elver”)
  • aingirazorri (“water strider”)

Further reading
  • “aingira” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • "aingira" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
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