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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/
- Rhymes: -atu
- Hyphenation: bi‧la‧tu
Verb
bilatu du (imperfect participle bilatzen, future participle bilatuko, short form bila, verbal noun bilatze)
- to search, to look for
- (colloquial, Southern) to find
- Synonym: topatu
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