abiagailu

Basque

Etymology

From abiatu (“to start”) +‎ gailu (“device, machine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /abiaɡai̯lu/ [a.β̞i.a.ɣ̞ai̯.lu]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /abiaɡaʎu/ [a.β̞i.a.ɣ̞a.ʎu]
• Rhymes: -ai̯lu
• Rhymes: -aʎu
• Hyphenation: a‧bi‧a‧gai‧lu

Noun

abiagailu inan

1. engine starter

Declension

Declension of abiagailu (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	abiagailu	abiagailua	abiagailuak
ergative	abiagailuk	abiagailuak	abiagailuek
dative	abiagailuri	abiagailuari	abiagailuei
genitive	abiagailuren	abiagailuaren	abiagailuen
comitative	abiagailurekin	abiagailuarekin	abiagailuekin
causative	abiagailurengatik	abiagailuarengatik	abiagailuengatik
benefactive	abiagailurentzat	abiagailuarentzat	abiagailuentzat
instrumental	abiagailuz	abiagailuaz	abiagailuez
inessive	abiagailutan	abiagailuan	abiagailuetan
locative	abiagailutako	abiagailuko	abiagailuetako
allative	abiagailutara	abiagailura	abiagailuetara
terminative	abiagailutaraino	abiagailuraino	abiagailuetaraino
directive	abiagailutarantz	abiagailurantz	abiagailuetarantz
destinative	abiagailutarako	abiagailurako	abiagailuetarako
ablative	abiagailutatik	abiagailutik	abiagailuetatik
partitive	abiagailurik	—	—
prolative	abiagailutzat	—	—

Further reading

• “abiagailu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia