oilo

Basque

Etymology

From Spanish pollo or a related Romance word.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /oi̯lo/ [oi̯.lo]
  • IPA(key): (Southern) /oʎo/ [o.ʎo]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -oi̯lo, -o
  • Rhymes: -oʎo, -o
  • Hyphenation: oi‧lo

Noun

oilo anim

  1. hen, chicken

Declension

Declension of oilo (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive oilo oiloa oiloak
ergative oilok oiloak oiloek
dative oilori oiloari oiloei
genitive oiloren oiloaren oiloen
comitative oilorekin oiloarekin oiloekin
causative oilorengatik oiloarengatik oiloengatik
benefactive oilorentzat oiloarentzat oiloentzat
instrumental oiloz oiloaz oiloez
inessive oilotan oiloan oiloetan
locative oilotako oiloko oiloetako
allative oilotara oilora oiloetara
terminative oilotaraino oiloraino oiloetaraino
directive oilotarantz oilorantz oiloetarantz
destinative oilotarako oilorako oiloetarako
ablative oilotatik oilotik oiloetatik
partitive oilorik
prolative oilotzat

References

  1. ^ R. L. Trask (2008) “oilo”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 306

Further reading

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