hilabete
Basque
editEtymology
editFrom hil (“month”) + bete (“full, complete”), which suggests the original meaning was "full moon".[1]
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /hilabete/ [hi.la.β̞e.t̪e]
- IPA(key): (Southern) /iʎabete/ [i.ʎa.β̞e.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ete
- Hyphenation: hi‧la‧be‧te
Noun
edithilabete inan
Declension
editDeclension of hilabete (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | hilabete | hilabetea | hilabeteak |
ergative | hilabetek | hilabeteak | hilabeteek |
dative | hilabeteri | hilabeteari | hilabeteei |
genitive | hilabeteren | hilabetearen | hilabeteen |
comitative | hilabeterekin | hilabetearekin | hilabeteekin |
causative | hilabeterengatik | hilabetearengatik | hilabeteengatik |
benefactive | hilabeterentzat | hilabetearentzat | hilabeteentzat |
instrumental | hilabetez | hilabeteaz | hilabeteez |
inessive | hilabetetan | hilabetean | hilabeteetan |
locative | hilabetetako | hilabeteko | hilabeteetako |
allative | hilabetetara | hilabetera | hilabeteetara |
terminative | hilabetetaraino | hilabeteraino | hilabeteetaraino |
directive | hilabetetarantz | hilabeterantz | hilabeteetarantz |
destinative | hilabetetarako | hilabeterako | hilabeteetarako |
ablative | hilabetetatik | hilabetetik | hilabeteetatik |
partitive | hilabeterik | — | — |
prolative | hilabetetzat | — | — |
Derived terms
edit- hilabetekari (“monthly publication”)
- hilabeteko mezak (“Gregorian Masses”)
- hilabetero (“every month”)
References
edit- ^ “*iLe” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
Further reading
edit- “hilabete”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
- “hilabete”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005