babil

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Basque

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *papīlum, from Latin papȳrus.

Pronunciation

Noun

babil inan

  1. candlewick
    Synonym: metxa

Declension

Declension of babil (inanimate, ending in consonant)
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], Euskaltzaindia
  • “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)

  1. babble, baby talk
  2. 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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Palauan

Etymology

From Pre-Palauan *babile, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babinahi, from Proto-Austronesian *bahi.

Pronunciation

Noun

babil

  1. woman

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.
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