hilabete
Basque
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From 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
[edit]hilabete inan
Declension
[edit]Declension of hilabete (inanimate, ending in vowel)
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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