zulagailu

Basque

Etymology

From zulatu (“to pierce”) +‎ gailu (“machine, device”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /s̻ulaɡai̯lu/ [s̻u.la.ɣ̞ai̯.lu]

 

• IPA^(key): (Southern) /s̻ulaɡaʎu/ [s̻u.la.ɣ̞a.ʎu]

• IPA^(key): (Gipuzkoan, Navarrese) /s̻ulaɡaʎu/ [s̻u.la.ɣ̞a.ʎu]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /s̺ulaɡaʎu/ [s̺u.la.ɣ̞a.ʎu]

• (Navarro-Lapurdian) Rhymes: -ai̯lu
• (Southern) Rhymes: -aʎu
• Hyphenation: zu‧la‧gai‧lu

Noun

zulagailu inan

1. drill

   Synonyms: daratulu, laratro (Biscayan)

Declension

Declension of zulagailu (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	zulagailu	zulagailua	zulagailuak
ergative	zulagailuk	zulagailuak	zulagailuek
dative	zulagailuri	zulagailuari	zulagailuei
genitive	zulagailuren	zulagailuaren	zulagailuen
comitative	zulagailurekin	zulagailuarekin	zulagailuekin
causative	zulagailurengatik	zulagailuarengatik	zulagailuengatik
benefactive	zulagailurentzat	zulagailuarentzat	zulagailuentzat
instrumental	zulagailuz	zulagailuaz	zulagailuez
inessive	zulagailutan	zulagailuan	zulagailuetan
locative	zulagailutako	zulagailuko	zulagailuetako
allative	zulagailutara	zulagailura	zulagailuetara
terminative	zulagailutaraino	zulagailuraino	zulagailuetaraino
directive	zulagailutarantz	zulagailurantz	zulagailuetarantz
destinative	zulagailutarako	zulagailurako	zulagailuetarako
ablative	zulagailutatik	zulagailutik	zulagailuetatik
partitive	zulagailurik	—	—
prolative	zulagailutzat	—	—

Further reading

• “zulagailu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “zulagailu”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005