ekilore

Basque

Etymology

From eki (“sun”) (dialectal) +‎ lore (“flower”), a modern coinage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ekiloɾe/ [e.ki.lo.ɾe]

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• Rhymes: -oɾe, -e
• Hyphenation: e‧ki‧lo‧re

Noun

ekilore inan

1. sunflower

   Synonym: eguzki-lili

Declension

Declension of ekilore (inan V-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	ekilore	ekilorea	ekiloreak	ekiloreok
ergative	ekilorek	ekiloreak	ekiloreek	ekiloreok
dative	ekiloreri	ekiloreari	ekiloreei	ekiloreoi
genitive	ekiloreren	ekilorearen	ekiloreen	ekiloreon
comitative	ekilorerekin	ekilorearekin	ekiloreekin	ekiloreokin
causative	ekilorerengatik	ekilorearengatik	ekiloreengatik	ekiloreongatik
benefactive	ekilorerentzat	ekilorearentzat	ekiloreentzat	ekiloreontzat
instrumental	ekilorez	ekiloreaz	ekiloreez	ekiloreotaz
innesive	ekiloretan	ekilorean	ekiloreetan	ekiloreotan
locative	ekiloretako	ekiloreko	ekiloreetako	ekiloreotako
allative	ekiloretara	ekilorera	ekiloreetara	ekiloreotara
terminative	ekiloretaraino	ekiloreraino	ekiloreetaraino	ekiloreotaraino
directive	ekiloretarantz	ekilorerantz	ekiloreetarantz	ekiloreotarantz
destinative	ekiloretarako	ekilorerako	ekiloreetarako	ekiloreotarako
ablative	ekiloretatik	ekiloretik	ekiloreetatik	ekiloreotatik
partitive	ekilorerik	—	—	—
prolative	ekiloretzat	—	—	—

Derived terms

• ekilore-oilo (“sunflower oil”)

Related terms

• eguzki-lore

Further reading

• “ekilore”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]