ijito

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Egipto (“Egypt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /iʒito/ [i.ʒi.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /ixito/ [i.xi.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ito
• Hyphenation: i‧ji‧to

Noun

ijito anim

1. Roma

   Synonyms: buhame, motxaile, tzigano

Declension

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	ijito	ijitoa	ijitoak
ergative	ijitok	ijitoak	ijitoek
dative	ijitori	ijitoari	ijitoei
genitive	ijitoren	ijitoaren	ijitoen
comitative	ijitorekin	ijitoarekin	ijitoekin
causative	ijitorengatik	ijitoarengatik	ijitoengatik
benefactive	ijitorentzat	ijitoarentzat	ijitoentzat
instrumental	ijitoz	ijitoaz	ijitoez
inessive	ijitorengan	ijitoarengan	ijitoengan
locative	—	—	—
allative	ijitorengana	ijitoarengana	ijitoengana
terminative	ijitorenganaino	ijitoarenganaino	ijitoenganaino
directive	ijitorenganantz	ijitoarenganantz	ijitoenganantz
destinative	ijitorenganako	ijitoarenganako	ijitoenganako
ablative	ijitorengandik	ijitoarengandik	ijitoengandik
partitive	ijitorik	—	—
prolative	ijitotzat	—	—

Declension of ijito (animate, ending in vowel)

Derived terms

• ijito-sardina (“European sprat”)
• ijitokeria
• ijitokume

 

Further reading

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