barrabil

From Proto-Basque *baRabiL, containing the obscure element *baRa- and the root *bil- (“to be round”).

• IPA^(key): /barabil/ [ba.ra.β̞il]

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• Rhymes: -abil, -il
• Hyphenation: ba‧rra‧bil

barrabil inan

1. (anatomy) testicle

• “barrabil”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
• “barrabil”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• R. L. Trask (2008) “barrabil”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 127