lehoi

See also: lễ hội

Basque

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin leōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /lehoi̯/ [le.hoi̯]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /leoi̯/ [le.oi̯]

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• (Navarro-Lapurdian) Rhymes: -ehoi̯
• (Southern) Rhymes: -eoi̯
• Hyphenation: le‧hoi

Noun

lehoi anim

1. lion

Declension

Declension of lehoi (animate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	lehoi	lehoia	lehoiak
ergative	lehoik	lehoiak	lehoiek
dative	lehoiri	lehoiari	lehoiei
genitive	lehoiren	lehoiaren	lehoien
comitative	lehoirekin	lehoiarekin	lehoiekin
causative	lehoirengatik	lehoiarengatik	lehoiengatik
benefactive	lehoirentzat	lehoiarentzat	lehoientzat
instrumental	lehoiz	lehoiaz	lehoiez
inessive	lehoirengan	lehoiarengan	lehoiengan
locative	—	—	—
allative	lehoirengana	lehoiarengana	lehoiengana
terminative	lehoirenganaino	lehoiarenganaino	lehoienganaino
directive	lehoirenganantz	lehoiarenganantz	lehoienganantz
destinative	lehoirenganako	lehoiarenganako	lehoienganako
ablative	lehoirengandik	lehoiarengandik	lehoiengandik
partitive	lehoirik	—	—
prolative	lehoitzat	—	—

Derived terms

• lehoikume
• lehoinabar (“panther”)
• lehoitegi
• lehoitzar

 

Further reading

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