Jaungoikoa
Basque edit
Etymology edit
From jaun (“lord”) + goiko (“upper, from above”). It is unclear whether jainko (“god”) is derived from this term or the other way round.[1] It has been suggested that Christian missionaries coined Jaungoikoa as a folk etymology for jainko.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -oa
- Hyphenation: Jaun‧goi‧ko‧a
Proper noun edit
Jaungoikoa anim
Declension edit
Declension of Jaungoikoa (animate with article, ending in vowel)
indefinite | singular | |
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absolutive | Jaungoiko | Jaungoikoa |
ergative | — | Jaungoikoak |
dative | — | Jaungoikoari |
genitive | — | Jaungoikoaren |
comitative | — | Jaungoikoarekin |
causative | — | Jaungoikoarengatik |
benefactive | — | Jaungoikoarentzat |
instrumental | — | Jaungoikoaz |
inessive | — | Jaungoikoarengan |
locative | — | — |
allative | — | Jaungoikoarengana |
terminative | — | Jaungoikoarenganaino |
directive | — | Jaungoikoarenganantz |
destinative | — | Jaungoikoarenganako |
ablative | — | Jaungoikoarengandik |
partitive | Jaungoikorik | — |
prolative | Jaungoikotzat | — |
References edit
- ^ “jainko” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
Further reading edit
- "Jaungoikoa" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
- “Jaungoikoa” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus