tramankulu
Basque
FWOTD – 3 October 2023
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tramankulu/ [t̪ra.maŋ.ku.lu]
- Rhymes: -ulu, -u
- Hyphenation: tra‧man‧ku‧lu
Noun
tramankulu inan
- (informal) a large, useless or unusual machine, piece of junk
- Synonym: trepeta
- 1961, Agustin Anabitarte, Aprika-ko basamortuan, Itxaropena Argitaldaria, page 61:
- Jeep ura sinist eziñeko tramankulu traketsa zan.
- That Jeep was an unbelievably clumsy piece of junk.
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | tramankulu | tramankulua | tramankuluak |
| ergative | tramankuluk | tramankuluak | tramankuluek |
| dative | tramankuluri | tramankuluari | tramankuluei |
| genitive | tramankuluren | tramankuluaren | tramankuluen |
| comitative | tramankulurekin | tramankuluarekin | tramankuluekin |
| causative | tramankulurengatik | tramankuluarengatik | tramankuluengatik |
| benefactive | tramankulurentzat | tramankuluarentzat | tramankuluentzat |
| instrumental | tramankuluz | tramankuluaz | tramankuluez |
| inessive | tramankulutan | tramankuluan | tramankuluetan |
| locative | tramankulutako | tramankuluko | tramankuluetako |
| allative | tramankulutara | tramankulura | tramankuluetara |
| terminative | tramankulutaraino | tramankuluraino | tramankuluetaraino |
| directive | tramankulutarantz | tramankulurantz | tramankuluetarantz |
| destinative | tramankulutarako | tramankulurako | tramankuluetarako |
| ablative | tramankulutatik | tramankulutik | tramankuluetatik |
| partitive | tramankulurik | — | — |
| prolative | tramankulutzat | — | — |
Descendants
- → Spanish: tramánculo
Further reading
- “tramankulu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “tramankulu”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005