bilatu

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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/
  • IPA(key): (Southern) /biʎatu/
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  • Rhymes: -atu
  • 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

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