izokin

Basque

Etymology

Likely borrowed from Latin esocīna, from esox (salmon) +‎ -īna, itself borrowed from Gaulish *esoks, from Proto-Celtic *esoxs (salmon).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (most dialects) /is̻okin/ [i.s̻o.kĩn]
  • IPA(key): (Biscayan) /is̺okin/ [i.s̺o.kĩn]

  • Rhymes: -okin, -in
  • Hyphenation: i‧zo‧kin

Noun

izokin anim

  1. salmon

Declension

Declension of izokin (animate, ending in consonant)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive izokin izokina izokinak
ergative izokinek izokinak izokinek
dative izokini izokinari izokinei
genitive izokinen izokinaren izokinen
comitative izokinekin izokinarekin izokinekin
causative izokinengatik izokinarengatik izokinengatik
benefactive izokinentzat izokinarentzat izokinentzat
instrumental izokinez izokinaz izokinez
inessive izokinengan izokinarengan izokinengan
locative
allative izokinengana izokinarengana izokinengana
terminative izokinenganaino izokinarenganaino izokinenganaino
directive izokinenganantz izokinarenganantz izokinenganantz
destinative izokinenganako izokinarenganako izokinenganako
ablative izokinengandik izokinarengandik izokinengandik
partitive izokinik
prolative izokintzat

Descendants

  • Spanish: esguín

References

  1. ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “esox”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 167
  2. ^ Coromines, Joan (1961) “ESGUÍN”, in Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua castellana [Brief etymological dictionary of the Spanish language] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 247
  3. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*esok-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 119

Further reading

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