tramankulu

Basque

FWOTD – 3 October 2023

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tramankulu/ [t̪ra.maŋ.ku.lu]
• Rhymes: -ulu
• Hyphenation: tra‧man‧ku‧lu

Noun

tramankulu inan

1. (informal) a large, useless or unusual machine, piece of junk

   Synonym: trepeta

   • 1961, Agustin Anabitarte, Aprika-ko basamortuan, Itxaropena Argitaldaria, page 61:

     Jeep ura sinist eziñeko tramankulu traketsa zan.

     That Jeep was an unbelievably clumsy piece of junk.

Declension

Declension of tramankulu (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	tramankulu	tramankulua	tramankuluak
ergative	tramankuluk	tramankuluak	tramankuluek
dative	tramankuluri	tramankuluari	tramankuluei
genitive	tramankuluren	tramankuluaren	tramankuluen
comitative	tramankulurekin	tramankuluarekin	tramankuluekin
causative	tramankulurengatik	tramankuluarengatik	tramankuluengatik
benefactive	tramankulurentzat	tramankuluarentzat	tramankuluentzat
instrumental	tramankuluz	tramankuluaz	tramankuluez
inessive	tramankulutan	tramankuluan	tramankuluetan
locative	tramankulutako	tramankuluko	tramankuluetako
allative	tramankulutara	tramankulura	tramankuluetara
terminative	tramankulutaraino	tramankuluraino	tramankuluetaraino
directive	tramankulutarantz	tramankulurantz	tramankuluetarantz
destinative	tramankulutarako	tramankulurako	tramankuluetarako
ablative	tramankulutatik	tramankulutik	tramankuluetatik
partitive	tramankulurik	—	—
prolative	tramankulutzat	—	—

Descendants

• → Spanish: tramánculo

Further reading

• “tramankulu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “tramankulu”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005