babil

See also: Babil

Basque

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *papīlum, from Latin papȳrus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /babil/ [ba.β̞il]
• Rhymes: -abil
• Hyphenation: ba‧bil

Noun

babil inan

1. candlewick

   Synonym: metxa

Declension

Declension of babil (inanimate, ending in consonant)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	babil	babila	babilak
ergative	babilek	babilak	babilek
dative	babili	babilari	babilei
genitive	babilen	babilaren	babilen
comitative	babilekin	babilarekin	babilekin
causative	babilengatik	babilarengatik	babilengatik
benefactive	babilentzat	babilarentzat	babilentzat
instrumental	babilez	babilaz	babilez
inessive	babiletan	babilean	babiletan
locative	babiletako	babileko	babiletako
allative	babiletara	babilera	babiletara
terminative	babiletaraino	babileraino	babiletaraino
directive	babiletarantz	babilerantz	babiletarantz
destinative	babiletarako	babilerako	babiletarako
ablative	babiletatik	babiletik	babiletatik
partitive	babilik	—	—
prolative	babiltzat	—	—

Descendants

• → Gascon: babi(t)

References

• “babil”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “babil”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

French

Etymology

From babiller.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.bil/

• Audio:

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Noun

babil m (plural babils)

1. babble, baby talk
2. ease, facility to talk
   • 1862, Victor Hugo, chapter 1, in Les Misérables, Tome IV : L’idylle rue Plumet et l’épopée rue Saint-Denis, book 8:

     Il était tout simple que Marius, l’adorant, l’admirât. Mais la vérité est que cette petite pensionnaire, fraîche émoulue du couvent, causait avec une pénétration exquise et disait par moments toutes sortes de paroles vraies et délicates. Son babil était de la conversation. Elle ne se trompait sur rien, et voyait juste.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• babillage
• babillard
• babiller

References

• “babil”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Further reading

• “babil”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Palauan

Etymology

From Pre-Palauan *babile, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babinahi, from Proto-Austronesian *bahi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈbil/

Noun

babil

1. woman

See also

• chebil

References

• babil in Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary, at tekinged.com.
• babil in Palauan-English Dictionary, at trussel2.com.
• babil in Lewis S. Josephs, Edwin G. McManus, Masa-aki Emesiochel (1977) Palauan-English Dictionary, University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 4.