hilabete

Basque

Etymology

From hil (“month”) +‎ bete (“full, complete”), which suggests the original meaning was "full moon".

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

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”)

Further reading

• “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