hilerri

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Basque

Alternative forms

Etymology

From hil (“dead”) +‎ herri (“village”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /hileri/
  • IPA(key): (Southern) /iʎeri/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -eri
  • Hyphenation: hi‧le‧rri

Noun

hilerri inan

  1. graveyard, cemetery
    Synonym: (colloquial) kanposantu
    • 1686, Bernard Gazteluzar, Eguia Catholicac [The Catholic Truths]‎, Pau, page 187:
      Ala hau Eſpantu ederra! / Ilherritic hil-ondoan; / Sartcen da Andre beçala / Ceruco Palatioan.
      [Ala hau espantu ederra! / Ilherritik hil-ondoan / Sartzen da Andre bezala / Zeruko palazioan]
      What a beautiful sight! / From the graveyard, after dying, / like the Virgin Mary, enters / the heavenly palace

Declension

Declension of hilerri (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive hilerri hilerria hilerriak
ergative hilerrik hilerriak hilerriek
dative hilerriri hilerriari hilerriei
genitive hilerriren hilerriaren hilerrien
comitative hilerrirekin hilerriarekin hilerriekin
causative hilerrirengatik hilerriarengatik hilerriengatik
benefactive hilerrirentzat hilerriarentzat hilerrientzat
instrumental hilerriz hilerriaz hilerriez
inessive hilerritan hilerrian hilerrietan
locative hilerritako hilerriko hilerrietako
allative hilerritara hilerrira hilerrietara
terminative hilerritaraino hilerriraino hilerrietaraino
directive hilerritarantz hilerrirantz hilerrietarantz
destinative hilerritarako hilerrirako hilerrietarako
ablative hilerritatik hilerritik hilerrietatik
partitive hilerririk — —
prolative hilerritzat — —

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