bakailao

Basque

Etymology

First attested in 1677, probably borrowed from Spanish bacalao.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /bakai̯lao/ [ba.kai̯.la.o]
  • IPA(key): (Southern) /bakaʎao/ [ba.ka.ʎa.o]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ao, -o
  • Hyphenation: ba‧kai‧la‧o

Noun

bakailao anim

  1. cod

Declension

Declension of bakailao (animate, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive bakailao bakailaoa bakailaoak
ergative bakailaok bakailaoak bakailaoek
dative bakailaori bakailaoari bakailaoei
genitive bakailaoren bakailaoaren bakailaoen
comitative bakailaorekin bakailaoarekin bakailaoekin
causative bakailaorengatik bakailaoarengatik bakailaoengatik
benefactive bakailaorentzat bakailaoarentzat bakailaoentzat
instrumental bakailaoz bakailaoaz bakailaoez
inessive bakailaorengan bakailaoarengan bakailaoengan
locative
allative bakailaorengana bakailaoarengana bakailaoengana
terminative bakailaorenganaino bakailaoarenganaino bakailaoenganaino
directive bakailaorenganantz bakailaoarenganantz bakailaoenganantz
destinative bakailaorenganako bakailaoarenganako bakailaoenganako
ablative bakailaorengandik bakailaoarengandik bakailaoengandik
partitive bakailaorik
prolative bakailaotzat

Derived terms

  • bakailao-ontzi
  • bakailaoketari
  • bakailaotara

Further reading

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