ijitokeria
Basque
Etymology
From ijito (“Roma”) + -keria (pejorative suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /iʒitokeɾia/ [i.ʒi.t̪o.ke.ɾi.a]
- IPA(key): (Southern) /ixitokeɾia/ [i.xi.t̪o.ke.ɾi.a]
- Rhymes: -ia, -a
- Hyphenation: i‧ji‧to‧ke‧ri‧a
Noun
ijitokeria inan
- (colloquial, derogatory) trick, deceit, fraud
- Synonyms: maltzurkeria, iruzur
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | ijitokeria | ijitokeria | ijitokeriak |
| ergative | ijitokeriak | ijitokeriak | ijitokeriek |
| dative | ijitokeriari | ijitokeriari | ijitokeriei |
| genitive | ijitokeriaren | ijitokeriaren | ijitokerien |
| comitative | ijitokeriarekin | ijitokeriarekin | ijitokeriekin |
| causative | ijitokeriarengatik | ijitokeriarengatik | ijitokeriengatik |
| benefactive | ijitokeriarentzat | ijitokeriarentzat | ijitokerientzat |
| instrumental | ijitokeriaz | ijitokeriaz | ijitokeriez |
| inessive | ijitokeriatan | ijitokerian | ijitokerietan |
| locative | ijitokeriatako | ijitokeriako | ijitokerietako |
| allative | ijitokeriatara | ijitokeriara | ijitokerietara |
| terminative | ijitokeriataraino | ijitokeriaraino | ijitokerietaraino |
| directive | ijitokeriatarantz | ijitokeriarantz | ijitokerietarantz |
| destinative | ijitokeriatarako | ijitokeriarako | ijitokerietarako |
| ablative | ijitokeriatatik | ijitokeriatik | ijitokerietatik |
| partitive | ijitokeriarik | — | — |
| prolative | ijitokeriatzat | — | — |
Further reading
- “ijitokeria”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “ijitokeria”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005