hilabete
Appearance
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, -e
- Hyphenation: hi‧la‧be‧te
Noun
[edit]hilabete inan
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- hilabetekari (“monthly publication”)
- hilabeteko mezak (“Gregorian Masses”)
- hilabetero (“every month”)
References
[edit]- ^ R. L. Trask (2008), “*iLe”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 223
Further reading
[edit]- “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