Jaungoikoa

Basque

Etymology

From jaun (“lord”) +‎ goiko (“upper, from above”). It is unclear whether jainko (“god”) is derived from this term or the other way round.[1] It has been suggested that Christian missionaries coined Jaungoikoa as a folk etymology for jainko.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ɟau̯nɡoi̯koa/ [ɟau̯ŋ.ɡoi̯.ko.a]
 
  • IPA(key): (Gipuzkoan) /xau̯nɡoi̯koa/ [xau̯ŋ.ɡoi̯.ko.a]
  • IPA(key): (Biscayan) /d͡ʒau̯nɡoi̯koa/ [d͡ʒau̯ŋ.ɡoi̯.ko.a]
  • IPA(key): (Navarrese) /jau̯nɡoi̯koa/ [jau̯ŋ.ɡoi̯.ko.a]

  • Rhymes: -oa
  • Hyphenation: Jaun‧goi‧ko‧a

Proper noun

Jaungoikoa anim

  1. (Christianity) God

Declension
Declension of Jaungoikoa (animate with article, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular
absolutive Jaungoiko Jaungoikoa
ergative — Jaungoikoak
dative — Jaungoikoari
genitive — Jaungoikoaren
comitative — Jaungoikoarekin
causative — Jaungoikoarengatik
benefactive — Jaungoikoarentzat
instrumental — Jaungoikoaz
inessive — Jaungoikoarengan
locative — —
allative — Jaungoikoarengana
terminative — Jaungoikoarenganaino
directive — Jaungoikoarenganantz
destinative — Jaungoikoarenganako
ablative — Jaungoikoarengandik
partitive Jaungoikorik —
prolative Jaungoikotzat —

References
  1. “jainko” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

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