hozkailu

Basque

Etymology

From hotz (“cold”) +‎ gailu (“device, machine”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /hos̻kai̯lu/ [hos̻.kai̯.lu]

 

• IPA^(key): (Southern) /os̻kaʎu/ [os̻.ka.ʎu]

• IPA^(key): (Gipuzkoan, Navarrese) /os̻kaʎu/ [os̻.ka.ʎu]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /os̺kaʎu/ [os̺.ka.ʎu]

• Rhymes: -ai̯lu
• Rhymes: -aʎu
• Hyphenation: hoz‧kai‧lu

Noun

hozkailu inan

1. refrigerator; fridge

Declension

Declension of hozkailu (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	hozkailu	hozkailua	hozkailuak
ergative	hozkailuk	hozkailuak	hozkailuek
dative	hozkailuri	hozkailuari	hozkailuei
genitive	hozkailuren	hozkailuaren	hozkailuen
comitative	hozkailurekin	hozkailuarekin	hozkailuekin
causative	hozkailurengatik	hozkailuarengatik	hozkailuengatik
benefactive	hozkailurentzat	hozkailuarentzat	hozkailuentzat
instrumental	hozkailuz	hozkailuaz	hozkailuez
inessive	hozkailutan	hozkailuan	hozkailuetan
locative	hozkailutako	hozkailuko	hozkailuetako
allative	hozkailutara	hozkailura	hozkailuetara
terminative	hozkailutaraino	hozkailuraino	hozkailuetaraino
directive	hozkailutarantz	hozkailurantz	hozkailuetarantz
destinative	hozkailutarako	hozkailurako	hozkailuetarako
ablative	hozkailutatik	hozkailutik	hozkailuetatik
partitive	hozkailurik	—	—
prolative	hozkailutzat	—	—

Further reading

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