hilabete
Basque
Etymology
From hil (“month”) + bete (“full, complete”), which suggests the original meaning was "full moon".[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Southern) /iʎabete/, [i.ʎa.β̞e̞.t̪e̞]
- IPA(key): (Northern) /hilabete/, [ɦi.la.β̞e̞.t̪e̞]
Noun
hilabete inan
- month (a period into which a year is divided)
- month (a period of 30 days)
Declension
| 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
- hilabetekari (“monthly publication”)
- hilabeteko mezak (“Gregorian Masses”)
- hilabetero (“every month”)
References
- “*iLe” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
Further reading
- "hilabete" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
- “hilabete” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus