bilatu

Basque

Etymology

Uncertain, probably a Romance borrowing. Mitxelena proposed Spanish pillar (“to catch”) or a form akin to Old Galician-Portuguese fillar (“to catch, to obtain”) as the source.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /bilatu/ [bi.la.t̪u]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /biʎatu/ [bi.ʎa.t̪u]

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• Rhymes: -atu, -u
• Hyphenation: bi‧la‧tu

Verb

bilatu du (imperfect participle bilatzen, future participle bilatuko, short form bila, verbal noun bilatze)

1. to search, to look for
2. (colloquial, Southern) to find

   Synonym: topatu

Derived terms

• bila (“looking for”)
• bilaka (“looking for”)
• bilakabide
• bilakaera (“evolution, change”)
• bilakaide
• bilakarazi (“to force to change”)
• bilakari
• bilakatu (“to turn into”)
• bilakatzaile
• bilakatze
• bilaketa (“search”, noun)
• bilakizun
• bilakuntza
• bilarazi
• bilari (“searcher”)
• bilasari (“bounty”)
• bilatzaile (“searcher”)
• bilatze

Further reading

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