hilabete

Basque

Etymology

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, -e
  • Hyphenation: hi‧la‧be‧te

Noun

hilabete inan

  1. month (a period into which a year is divided)
  2. month (a period of 30 days)

Declension

Declension of hilabete (inan V-stem)
indefinite singular plural proximal plural
absolutive hilabete hilabetea hilabeteak hilabeteok
ergative hilabetek hilabeteak hilabeteek hilabeteok
dative hilabeteri hilabeteari hilabeteei hilabeteoi
genitive hilabeteren hilabetearen hilabeteen hilabeteon
comitative hilabeterekin hilabetearekin hilabeteekin hilabeteokin
causative hilabeterengatik hilabetearengatik hilabeteengatik hilabeteongatik
benefactive hilabeterentzat hilabetearentzat hilabeteentzat hilabeteontzat
instrumental hilabetez hilabeteaz hilabeteez hilabeteotaz
innesive hilabetetan hilabetean hilabeteetan hilabeteotan
locative hilabetetako hilabeteko hilabeteetako hilabeteotako
allative hilabetetara hilabetera hilabeteetara hilabeteotara
terminative hilabetetaraino hilabeteraino hilabeteetaraino hilabeteotaraino
directive hilabetetarantz hilabeterantz hilabeteetarantz hilabeteotarantz
destinative hilabetetarako hilabeterako hilabeteetarako hilabeteotarako
ablative hilabetetatik hilabetetik hilabeteetatik hilabeteotatik
partitive hilabeterik — — —
prolative hilabetetzat — — —

Derived terms

  • hilabetekari (“monthly publication”)
  • hilabeteko mezak (“Gregorian Masses”)
  • hilabetero (“every month”)

References

  1. ^ R. L. Trask (2008), “*iLe”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 223

Further reading

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