jainko
Basque
editEtymology
editUnknown. Perhaps a very irregular contraction of Jaungoiko (“God”).[1]
Pronunciation
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Noun
editjainko anim
Declension
editDeclension of jainko (animate, ending in vowel)
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | jainko | jainkoa | jainkoak |
ergative | jainkok | jainkoak | jainkoek |
dative | jainkori | jainkoari | jainkoei |
genitive | jainkoren | jainkoaren | jainkoen |
comitative | jainkorekin | jainkoarekin | jainkoekin |
causative | jainkorengatik | jainkoarengatik | jainkoengatik |
benefactive | jainkorentzat | jainkoarentzat | jainkoentzat |
instrumental | jainkoz | jainkoaz | jainkoez |
inessive | jainkorengan | jainkoarengan | jainkoengan |
locative | — | — | — |
allative | jainkorengana | jainkoarengana | jainkoengana |
terminative | jainkorenganaino | jainkoarenganaino | jainkoenganaino |
directive | jainkorenganantz | jainkoarenganantz | jainkoenganantz |
destinative | jainkorenganako | jainkoarenganako | jainkoenganako |
ablative | jainkorengandik | jainkoarengandik | jainkoengandik |
partitive | jainkorik | — | — |
prolative | jainkotzat | — | — |
Derived terms
edit- jainko txiki (“admired person, idol”)
- Jainkoa (“God”) (see there for further derivations)
- jainkoaganatu (“to approach God”)
- jainkoaizun (“fake god”)
- jainkoaizunkeria (“idolatry”)
- jainkoespen (“deification”)
- jainkoetsi (“to deify”)
- jainkogabe (“atheist”)
- jainkogabetasun (“atheism”)
- jainkoilo (“butterfly”)
- jainkojale (“holier-than-thou”)
- jainkosa (“goddess”)
- jainkotasun (“divinity”)
- jainkotegi (“temple, shrine”)
- jainkoti (“devout”)
- jainkotiar (“devout”)
- jainkotu (“to deify”)
- jainkozale (“devout”)
- jainkozaletasun (“devotion”)
- jainkozko (“divine”)
- jainkoztatu (“to deify”)
References
edit- ^ “jainko” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
Further reading
edit- “jainko”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
- “jainko”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005