babil
See also: Babil
Basque
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *papīlum, from Latin papȳrus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /babil/ [ba.β̞il]
- Rhymes: -abil, -il
- Hyphenation: ba‧bil
Noun
babil inan
- candlewick
- Synonym: metxa
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | babil | babila | babilak |
| ergative | babilek | babilak | babilek |
| dative | babili | babilari | babilei |
| genitive | babilen | babilaren | babilen |
| comitative | babilekin | babilarekin | babilekin |
| causative | babilengatik | babilarengatik | babilengatik |
| benefactive | babilentzat | babilarentzat | babilentzat |
| instrumental | babilez | babilaz | babilez |
| inessive | babiletan | babilean | babiletan |
| locative | babiletako | babileko | babiletako |
| allative | babiletara | babilera | babiletara |
| terminative | babiletaraino | babileraino | babiletaraino |
| directive | babiletarantz | babilerantz | babiletarantz |
| destinative | babiletarako | babilerako | babiletarako |
| ablative | babiletatik | babiletik | babiletatik |
| partitive | babilik | — | — |
| prolative | babiltzat | — | — |
Descendants
- → Gascon: babi(t)
References
- “babil”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “babil”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
French
Etymology
From babiller.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba.bil/
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Noun
babil m (plural babils)
- babble, baby talk
- ease, facility to talk
- 1862, Victor Hugo, chapter 1, in Les Misérables, Tome IV : L’idylle rue Plumet et l’épopée rue Saint-Denis, book 8:
- Il était tout simple que Marius, l'adorant, l'admirât. Mais la vérité est que cette petite pensionnaire, fraîche émoulue du couvent, causait avec une pénétration exquise et disait par moments toutes sortes de paroles vraies et délicates. Son babil était de la conversation. Elle ne se trompait sur rien, et voyait juste.
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Derived terms
References
- “babil”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Further reading
- “babil”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Palauan
Etymology
From Pre-Palauan *babile, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babinahi, from Proto-Austronesian *bahi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baˈbil/
Noun
babil
See also
References
- babil in Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary, at tekinged.com.
- babil in Palauan-English Dictionary, at trussel2.com.
- babil in Lewis S. Josephs, Edwin G. McManus, Masa-aki Emesiochel (1977) Palauan-English Dictionary, University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 4.
