mailu

Basque

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From Latin malleus?”)

Pronunciation

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Noun

mailu inan

  1. hammer

Declension

Declension of mailu (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive mailu mailua mailuak
ergative mailuk mailuak mailuek
dative mailuri mailuari mailuei
genitive mailuren mailuaren mailuen
comitative mailurekin mailuarekin mailuekin
causative mailurengatik mailuarengatik mailuengatik
benefactive mailurentzat mailuarentzat mailuentzat
instrumental mailuz mailuaz mailuez
inessive mailutan mailuan mailuetan
locative mailutako mailuko mailuetako
allative mailutara mailura mailuetara
terminative mailutaraino mailuraino mailuetaraino
directive mailutarantz mailurantz mailuetarantz
destinative mailutarako mailurako mailuetarako
ablative mailutatik mailutik mailuetatik
partitive mailurik
prolative mailutzat

Further reading

  • mailu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
  • mailu”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005