operkulu

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish opérculo (“operculum”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /operkulu/ [o.per.ku.lu]
• Rhymes: -ulu
• Hyphenation: o‧per‧ku‧lu

Noun

operkulu inan

1. (biology) operculum

Declension

Declension of operkulu (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	operkulu	operkulua	operkuluak
ergative	operkuluk	operkuluak	operkuluek
dative	operkuluri	operkuluari	operkuluei
genitive	operkuluren	operkuluaren	operkuluen
comitative	operkulurekin	operkuluarekin	operkuluekin
causative	operkulurengatik	operkuluarengatik	operkuluengatik
benefactive	operkulurentzat	operkuluarentzat	operkuluentzat
instrumental	operkuluz	operkuluaz	operkuluez
inessive	operkulutan	operkuluan	operkuluetan
locative	operkulutako	operkuluko	operkuluetako
allative	operkulutara	operkulura	operkuluetara
terminative	operkulutaraino	operkuluraino	operkuluetaraino
directive	operkulutarantz	operkulurantz	operkuluetarantz
destinative	operkulutarako	operkulurako	operkuluetarako
ablative	operkulutatik	operkulutik	operkuluetatik
partitive	operkulurik	—	—
prolative	operkulutzat	—	—

Further reading

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