ispilu

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Spanish spillu (modern espejo), although this may have been a Navarro-Aragonese dialect. Ultimately from Latin speculum.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (Southern) /is̺piʎu/, [is̺.pi.ʎu]
  • IPA(key): (Northern) /is̺pilu/, [is̺.pi.lu]

Noun

ispilu inan

  1. mirror

Declension
Declension of ispilu (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive ispilu ispilua ispiluak
ergative ispiluk ispiluak ispiluek
dative ispiluri ispiluari ispiluei
genitive ispiluren ispiluaren ispiluen
comitative ispilurekin ispiluarekin ispiluekin
causative ispilurengatik ispiluarengatik ispiluengatik
benefactive ispilurentzat ispiluarentzat ispiluentzat
instrumental ispiluz ispiluaz ispiluez
inessive ispilutan ispiluan ispiluetan
locative ispilutako ispiluko ispiluetako
allative ispilutara ispilura ispiluetara
terminative ispilutaraino ispiluraino ispiluetaraino
directive ispilutarantz ispilurantz ispiluetarantz
destinative ispilutarako ispilurako ispiluetarako
ablative ispilutatik ispilutik ispiluetatik
partitive ispilurik — —
prolative ispilutzat — —

Further reading
  • "ispilu" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • “ispilu” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus
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