jengibre

Basque

Jengibrea espezia bat da. ― Ginger is a spice.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish jengibre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ɟenɡibre/ [ɟeŋ.ɡi.β̞re], (also) /ʒenʒibre/ [ʒẽn.ʒi.β̞re]

 

• IPA^(key): (Southern) /xenɡibre/ [xeŋ.ɡi.β̞re], (also) /xenxibre/ [xeŋ.xi.β̞re]

• IPA^(key): (Gipuzkoan) /xenɡibre/ [xeŋ.ɡi.β̞re], (also) /xenxibre/ [xeŋ.xi.β̞re]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /d͡ʒenɡibre/ [d͡ʒeŋ.ɡi.β̞re], (also) /xenxibre/ [xeŋ.xi.β̞re]
• IPA^(key): (Navarrese) /jenɡibre/ [jeŋ.ɡi.β̞re], (also) /xenxibre/ [xeŋ.xi.β̞re]

• Rhymes: -ibre, -e
• Hyphenation: jen‧gi‧bre

Noun

jengibre inan

1. ginger

Declension

Declension of jengibre (inan V-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	jengibre	jengibrea	jengibreak	jengibreok
ergative	jengibrek	jengibreak	jengibreek	jengibreok
dative	jengibreri	jengibreari	jengibreei	jengibreoi
genitive	jengibreren	jengibrearen	jengibreen	jengibreon
comitative	jengibrerekin	jengibrearekin	jengibreekin	jengibreokin
causative	jengibrerengatik	jengibrearengatik	jengibreengatik	jengibreongatik
benefactive	jengibrerentzat	jengibrearentzat	jengibreentzat	jengibreontzat
instrumental	jengibrez	jengibreaz	jengibreez	jengibreotaz
innesive	jengibretan	jengibrean	jengibreetan	jengibreotan
locative	jengibretako	jengibreko	jengibreetako	jengibreotako
allative	jengibretara	jengibrera	jengibreetara	jengibreotara
terminative	jengibretaraino	jengibreraino	jengibreetaraino	jengibreotaraino
directive	jengibretarantz	jengibrerantz	jengibreetarantz	jengibreotarantz
destinative	jengibretarako	jengibrerako	jengibreetarako	jengibreotarako
ablative	jengibretatik	jengibretik	jengibreetatik	jengibreotatik
partitive	jengibrerik	—	—	—
prolative	jengibretzat	—	—	—

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Old Tamil 𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺 (iñci)

Proto-Dravidian *wēr

Old Tamil 𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆 (vēr)

Old Tamil 𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆 (iñcivēr)bor.

Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭 (siṃgivera)der.

Ancient Greek ζιγγίβερις (zingíberis)bor.

Late Latin zingiberi

Late Latin gingiber

Old Occitan gingibrebor.

Old Spanish gengibre

Spanish jengibre

Inherited from Old Spanish gengibre, from Old Occitan gengibre, from Late Latin gingiber.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xenˈxibɾe/ [xẽŋˈxi.β̞ɾe]

• Audio (El Salvador):

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• Rhymes: -ibɾe
• Syllabification: jen‧gi‧bre

Noun

jengibre m (plural jengibres)

1. ginger

   Synonym: kion (Peru)

Derived terms

• galleta de jengibre (“gingerbread cookie”)
• hombre de jengibre (“gingerbread man”)
• jengibre amargo
• pan de jengibre

Descendants

• → Basque: jengibre

Further reading

• “jengibre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024