birika

Basque

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /biɾika/ [bi.ɾi.ka]
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  • Rhymes: -ika, -a
  • Hyphenation: bi‧ri‧ka

Noun

birika inan

  1. lung

Declension

Declension of birika (inanimate, ending in -a)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive birika birika birikak
ergative birikak birikak birikek
dative birikari birikari birikei
genitive birikaren birikaren biriken
comitative birikarekin birikarekin birikekin
causative birikarengatik birikarengatik birikengatik
benefactive birikarentzat birikarentzat birikentzat
instrumental birikaz birikaz birikez
inessive birikatan birikan biriketan
locative birikatako birikako biriketako
allative birikatara birikara biriketara
terminative birikataraino birikaraino biriketaraino
directive birikatarantz birikarantz biriketarantz
destinative birikatarako birikarako biriketarako
ablative birikatatik birikatik biriketatik
partitive birikarik
prolative birikatzat

Further reading

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

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِبْرِيق (ʔibrīq).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

birika class V (plural mabirika class VI)

  1. kettle
    Synonym: buli

References

  1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 9 Nr. 6