langile

Basque

Etymology

From lan (“work”) +‎ -gile.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /lanɡile/ [laŋ.ɡi.le]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /lanɡiʎe/ [laŋ.ɡi.ʎe]
• Rhymes: -ile, -e
• Rhymes: -iʎe, -e
• Hyphenation: lan‧gi‧le

Noun

langile anim

1. worker

Declension

Declension of langile (anim V-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	langile	langilea	langileak	langileok
ergative	langilek	langileak	langileek	langileok
dative	langileri	langileari	langileei	langileoi
genitive	langileren	langilearen	langileen	langileon
comitative	langilerekin	langilearekin	langileekin	langileokin
causative	langilerengatik	langilearengatik	langileengatik	langileongatik
benefactive	langilerentzat	langilearentzat	langileentzat	langileontzat
instrumental	langilez	langileaz	langileez	langileotaz
inessive	langilerengan	langilearengan	langileengan	langileongan
locative	—	—	—	—
allative	langilerengana	langilearengana	langileengana	langileongana
terminative	langilerenganaino	langilearenganaino	langileenganaino	langileonganaino
directive	langilerenganantz	langilearenganantz	langileenganantz	langileonganantz
destinative	langilerenganako	langilearenganako	langileenganako	langileonganako
ablative	langilerengandik	langilearengandik	langileengandik	langileongandik
partitive	langilerik	—	—	—
prolative	langiletzat	—	—	—

Further reading

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