bilatu

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/ [bi.la.t̪u]
  • IPA(key): (Southern) /biʎatu/ [bi.ʎa.t̪u]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -atu, -u
  • 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

Derived terms

  • bila (“looking for”)
  • bilaka (“looking for”)
  • bilakabide
  • bilakaera (“evolution, change”)
  • bilakaide
  • bilakarazi (“to force to change”)
  • bilakari
  • bilakatu (“to turn into”)
  • bilakatzaile
  • bilakatze
  • bilaketa (“search”, noun)
  • bilakizun
  • bilakuntza
  • bilarazi
  • bilari (“searcher”)
  • bilasari (“bounty”)
  • bilatzaile (“searcher”)
  • bilatze

Further reading

  • “bilatu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
  • “bilatu”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
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