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

  1. month (a period into which a year is divided)
  2. 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
  1. “*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
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