tauromakia

Basque

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ταῦρος (taûros, “bull”) + μάχη (mákhē, “battle”), from μάχομαι (mákhomai, “I do battle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tau̯ɾomakia/, [t̪au̯.ɾo̞.ma.ki.a]

Noun

tauromakia inan

1. bullfighting, tauromachy

Declension

Declension of tauromakia (inanimate, ending in -a)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	tauromakia	tauromakia	tauromakiak
ergative	tauromakiak	tauromakiak	tauromakiek
dative	tauromakiari	tauromakiari	tauromakiei
genitive	tauromakiaren	tauromakiaren	tauromakien
comitative	tauromakiarekin	tauromakiarekin	tauromakiekin
causative	tauromakiarengatik	tauromakiarengatik	tauromakiengatik
benefactive	tauromakiarentzat	tauromakiarentzat	tauromakientzat
instrumental	tauromakiaz	tauromakiaz	tauromakiez
inessive	tauromakiatan	tauromakian	tauromakietan
locative	tauromakiatako	tauromakiako	tauromakietako
allative	tauromakiatara	tauromakiara	tauromakietara
terminative	tauromakiataraino	tauromakiaraino	tauromakietaraino
directive	tauromakiatarantz	tauromakiarantz	tauromakietarantz
destinative	tauromakiatarako	tauromakiarako	tauromakietarako
ablative	tauromakiatatik	tauromakiatik	tauromakietatik
partitive	tauromakiarik	—	—
prolative	tauromakiatzat	—	—

Further reading

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