birika

Basque

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biɾika/ [bi.ɾi.ka]

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• Rhymes: -ika
• Hyphenation: bi‧ri‧ka

Noun

birika inan

1. lung

Declension

Declension of birika (inanimate, ending in -a)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	birika	birika	birikak
ergative	birikak	birikak	birikek
dative	birikari	birikari	birikei
genitive	birikaren	birikaren	biriken
comitative	birikarekin	birikarekin	birikekin
causative	birikarengatik	birikarengatik	birikengatik
benefactive	birikarentzat	birikarentzat	birikentzat
instrumental	birikaz	birikaz	birikez
inessive	birikatan	birikan	biriketan
locative	birikatako	birikako	biriketako
allative	birikatara	birikara	biriketara
terminative	birikataraino	birikaraino	biriketaraino
directive	birikatarantz	birikarantz	biriketarantz
destinative	birikatarako	birikarako	biriketarako
ablative	birikatatik	birikatik	biriketatik
partitive	birikarik	—	—
prolative	birikatzat	—	—

Further reading

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

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِبْرِيق (ʔibrīq).

Pronunciation

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Noun

birika (ma class, plural mabirika)

1. kettle

   Synonym: buli