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, -o
• Hyphenation: i‧ji‧to

Noun

ijito anim

1. Roma

   Synonyms: buhame, motxaile, tzigano

Declension

Declension of ijito (anim V-stem)

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

Derived terms

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

Further reading

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

Churuya

Noun

ijito

1. fire

   Synonym: hijit

References

• Sergio Elías Ortiz, Estudios sobre lingüística aborigen de Colombia (1954), page 179: hijit, ijito
• Phanor James Eder, Colombia (1913), page 285: hijit, ijito