bakailao

Basque

Etymology

First attested in 1677, probably borrowed from Spanish bacalao.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /bakai̯lao/ [ba.kai̯.la.o]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /bakaʎao/ [ba.ka.ʎa.o]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ao
• Hyphenation: ba‧kai‧la‧o

Noun

bakailao anim

1. cod

Declension

Declension of bakailao (animate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	bakailao	bakailaoa	bakailaoak
ergative	bakailaok	bakailaoak	bakailaoek
dative	bakailaori	bakailaoari	bakailaoei
genitive	bakailaoren	bakailaoaren	bakailaoen
comitative	bakailaorekin	bakailaoarekin	bakailaoekin
causative	bakailaorengatik	bakailaoarengatik	bakailaoengatik
benefactive	bakailaorentzat	bakailaoarentzat	bakailaoentzat
instrumental	bakailaoz	bakailaoaz	bakailaoez
inessive	bakailaorengan	bakailaoarengan	bakailaoengan
locative	—	—	—
allative	bakailaorengana	bakailaoarengana	bakailaoengana
terminative	bakailaorenganaino	bakailaoarenganaino	bakailaoenganaino
directive	bakailaorenganantz	bakailaoarenganantz	bakailaoenganantz
destinative	bakailaorenganako	bakailaoarenganako	bakailaoenganako
ablative	bakailaorengandik	bakailaoarengandik	bakailaoengandik
partitive	bakailaorik	—	—
prolative	bakailaotzat	—	—

Derived terms

• bakailao-ontzi
• bakailaoketari
• bakailaotara

 

Further reading

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