birika

Basque

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biɾika/ [bi.ɾi.ka]

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• Rhymes: -ika, -a
• Hyphenation: bi‧ri‧ka

Noun

birika inan

1. lung

Declension

Declension of birika (inan a-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	birika	birika	birikak	birikok
ergative	birikak	birikak	birikek	birikok
dative	birikari	birikari	birikei	birikoi
genitive	birikaren	birikaren	biriken	birikon
comitative	birikarekin	birikarekin	birikekin	birikokin
causative	birikarengatik	birikarengatik	birikengatik	birikongatik
benefactive	birikarentzat	birikarentzat	birikentzat	birikontzat
instrumental	birikaz	birikaz	birikez	birikotaz
innesive	birikatan	birikan	biriketan	birikotan
locative	birikatako	birikako	biriketako	birikotako
allative	birikatara	birikara	biriketara	birikotara
terminative	birikataraino	birikaraino	biriketaraino	birikotaraino
directive	birikatarantz	birikarantz	biriketarantz	birikotarantz
destinative	birikatarako	birikarako	biriketarako	birikotarako
ablative	birikatatik	birikatik	biriketatik	birikotatik
partitive	birikarik	—	—	—
prolative	birikatzat	—	—	—

Further reading

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

Swahili

Etymology

Etymology tree

Middle Persian *ābrēkbor.?

Parthian *ābrēkbor.?

Classical Syriac ܐܒܪܝܩܐ (ʾaḇrēqā)bor.?

Arabic إِبْرِيق (ʔibrīq)bor.

Swahili birika

Borrowed from Arabic إِبْرِيق (ʔibrīq).

Pronunciation

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Noun

birika class V (plural mabirika class VI)

1. kettle

   Synonym: buli