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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• Rhymes: -ehoi̯, -oi̯
• Rhymes: -eoi̯, -oi̯
• Hyphenation: le‧hoi

Noun

lehoi anim

1. lion

Declension

Declension of lehoi (anim V-stem)

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

Derived terms

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

Further reading

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