jainkoilo

Basque
FWOTD – 16 February 2022

Etymology

From jainko (“god”) +‎ oilo (“hen”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (Southern) /xai̯nkoʎo/, [xãĩ̯ŋ.ko̞.ʎo̞]
  • IPA(key): (Northern) /jai̯nkoi̯lo/, [jãĩ̯ŋ.ko̞i̯.lo̞]
  • Audio (Southern)(file)

Noun

jainkoilo anim

  1. (rare, literary) butterfly
    Synonyms: tximeleta, pinpilinpauxa, sorgin-oilo
    • 1834, Agosti Xaho, Azti-Beguia:
      Orhit düzia Lehen-Süge hura ikhusirik, jinkoilluaren harra bere khokotsian bezala, bere egongiak lürpian edo ifernietan obratzen […]
      You who saw the snake Lehen, do you remember how it built its underground residence […] like a male butterfly its cocoon?
    • 2000, Pedro Alberdi, quoting Gabriel Aresti, Satorrak baino lurperago, Alberdaina, →ISBN, page 224:
      Mila eta bostehun jainkoilo beltz pausatu ziren ene leihoaren kontra
      One thousand and five hundred black butterflies alighted upon my window

Declension
Declension of jainkoilo (animate, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive jainkoilo jainkoiloa jainkoiloak
ergative jainkoilok jainkoiloak jainkoiloek
dative jainkoilori jainkoiloari jainkoiloei
genitive jainkoiloren jainkoiloaren jainkoiloen
comitative jainkoilorekin jainkoiloarekin jainkoiloekin
causative jainkoilorengatik jainkoiloarengatik jainkoiloengatik
benefactive jainkoilorentzat jainkoiloarentzat jainkoiloentzat
instrumental jainkoiloz jainkoiloaz jainkoiloez
inessive jainkoilorengan jainkoiloarengan jainkoiloengan
locative — — —
allative jainkoilorengana jainkoiloarengana jainkoiloengana
terminative jainkoilorenganaino jainkoiloarenganaino jainkoiloenganaino
directive jainkoilorenganantz jainkoiloarenganantz jainkoiloenganantz
destinative jainkoilorenganako jainkoiloarenganako jainkoiloenganako
ablative jainkoilorengandik jainkoiloarengandik jainkoiloengandik
partitive jainkoilorik — —
prolative jainkoilotzat — —

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