Etymology

From kulunka (“oscillation”) +‎ -tuCategory:Basque terms suffixed with -tu#KULUNKATU.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kulunkatu/ [ku.luŋ.ka.t̪u]Category:Basque 4-syllable words#KULUNKATUCategory:Basque terms with IPA pronunciation#KULUNKATU
• Rhymes: -atu, -uCategory:Rhymes:Basque/atu#KULUNKATUCategory:Rhymes:Basque/atu/4 syllables#KULUNKATUCategory:Rhymes:Basque/u#KULUNKATUCategory:Rhymes:Basque/u/4 syllables#KULUNKATU
• Hyphenation: ku‧lun‧ka‧tu

Verb

kulunkatu da/du (imperfect participle kulunkatzen, future participle kulunkatuko, short form kulunka, verbal noun kulunkatze)Category:Basque lemmas#KULUNKATUCategory:Basque verbs#KULUNKATUCategory:Basque da verbs#KULUNKATUCategory:Basque du verbs#KULUNKATUCategory:Basque entries with incorrect language header#KULUNKATUCategory:Pages with entries#KULUNKATUCategory:Pages with 1 entry#KULUNKATU

1. to rock (to move gently back and forth)

Further reading

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