bilä
Gagauz
| Cyrillic | билӓ | |
|---|---|---|
Alternative forms
- bilea (pre-1950's spelling)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /biˈlæ/
- Hyphenation: bi‧lä
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish بیله (bile), from Proto-Turkic *bile. Compare Turkish bile, Azerbaijani belə. Doublet of -län.
Adverb
bilä
- together, along
- Synonyms: barabar, birerdä, ortalıkta
- arkadaşlarımnan bilä örüdük ― we walked together with my friends
- even
- bunu uşak bilä annêêr ― even a child understands this
Further reading
- Ciachir, Mihail (1938) “bilea”, in Dicționar gagauzo (tiurco)–român pentru gagauzii din Basarabia (in Romanian), Chișinău, page 15
- Çebotar, Petri, Dron, Ion (2002) “bilä”, in Gagauzça-Rusça-Romınca Sözlük [Gagauz-Russian-Romanian Dictionary], Chișinău: Pontos Press, →ISBN, page 90
- N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “билӓ”, in Gagauzsko-Russko-Moldavskij Slovarʹ [Gagauz-Russian-Moldovan Dictionary], Moskva: Izdatelʹstvo Sovetskaja Enciklopedija, →ISBN, page 83
- Kopuşçu M. İ. , Todorova S. A. , Kiräkova T.İ., editors (2019), “bilä”, in Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 5-12, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 31
Etymology 2
Deverbal from bilemää (“to sharpen”). Compare Turkish bile.
Noun
bilä (definite accusative bileyi, plural bilelär)
Declension
| singular (tekil) | plural (çoğul) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (yalın) | bilä | bilelär |
| definite accusative (belirtme) | bileyi | bileleri |
| dative (yönelme) | bileyä | bilelerä |
| locative (bulunma) | biledä | bilelerdä |
| ablative (çıkma) | biledän | bilelerdän |
| genitive (tamlayan) | bilenin | bilelerin |
Derived terms
- bilä taşı (“whetstone”)
Further reading
- Çebotar, Petri, Dron, Ion (2002) “bilä”, in Gagauzça-Rusça-Romınca Sözlük [Gagauz-Russian-Romanian Dictionary], Chișinău: Pontos Press, →ISBN, page 90
- N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “билӓ”, in Gagauzsko-Russko-Moldavskij Slovarʹ [Gagauz-Russian-Moldovan Dictionary], Moskva: Izdatelʹstvo Sovetskaja Enciklopedija, →ISBN, page 83