Jaungoikoa
Basque
Etymology
From jaun (“lord”) + goiko (“upper, from above”). It is unclear whether jainko (“god”) is derived from this term or the other way round.[1] It has been suggested that Christian missionaries coined Jaungoikoa as a folk etymology for jainko.
Proper noun
Jaungoikoa anim
- (Christianity) God
Declension
| Declension of Jaungoikoa (animate with article, ending in vowel) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
| absolutive | Jaungoiko | Jaungoikoa | — |
| ergative | — | Jaungoikoak | — |
| dative | — | Jaungoikoari | — |
| genitive | — | Jaungoikoaren | — |
| comitative | — | Jaungoikoarekin | — |
| causative | — | Jaungoikoarengatik | — |
| benefactive | — | Jaungoikoarentzat | — |
| instrumental | — | Jaungoikoaz | — |
| inessive | — | Jaungoikoarengan | — |
| locative | — | — | — |
| allative | — | Jaungoikoarengana | — |
| terminative | — | Jaungoikoarenganaino | — |
| directive | — | Jaungoikoarenganantz | — |
| destinative | — | Jaungoikoarenganako | — |
| ablative | — | Jaungoikoarengandik | — |
| partitive | Jaungoikorik | — | — |
| prolative | Jaungoikotzat | — | — |
Related terms
- jainko
References
- “jainko” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
Further reading
- "Jaungoikoa" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
- “Jaungoikoa” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus