mutil

Basque

Alternative forms

• mitil (Souletin)
• motil

Etymology

From Latin putillus (“little boy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mutil/, [mu.t̪il]

• Audio:

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Noun

mutil anim

1. boy, young man
2. guy, lad
3. apprentice, artisan
4. (archaic, derogatory) servant, slave

Declension

Declension of mutil (animate, ending in consonant)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	mutil	mutila	mutilak
ergative	mutilek	mutilak	mutilek
dative	mutili	mutilari	mutilei
genitive	mutilen	mutilaren	mutilen
comitative	mutilekin	mutilarekin	mutilekin
causative	mutilengatik	mutilarengatik	mutilengatik
benefactive	mutilentzat	mutilarentzat	mutilentzat
instrumental	mutilez	mutilaz	mutilez
inessive	mutilengan	mutilarengan	mutilengan
locative	—	—	—
allative	mutilengana	mutilarengana	mutilengana
terminative	mutilenganaino	mutilarenganaino	mutilenganaino
directive	mutilenganantz	mutilarenganantz	mutilenganantz
destinative	mutilenganako	mutilarenganako	mutilenganako
ablative	mutilengandik	mutilarengandik	mutilengandik
partitive	mutilik	—	—
prolative	mutiltzat	—	—

Derived terms

• mutilko

Descendants

• Spanish: mochil
  • ⇒ Spanish: mochila

References

• “mutil”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
• “mutil”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “mutil” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

Estonian

Noun

mutil

1. adessive singular of mutt