mutil
Basque
Alternative forms
- mitil (Soule)
- motil
Etymology
From Latin putillus (“little boy”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mutil/ [mu.t̪il]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -util, -il
- Hyphenation: mu‧til
Noun
mutil anim
- boy, young man
- guy, lad
- apprentice, artisan
- (archaic, derogatory) servant, slave
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | mutil | mutila | mutilak |
| ergative | mutilek | mutilak | mutilek |
| dative | mutili | mutilari | mutilei |
| genitive | mutilen | mutilaren | mutilen |
| comitative | mutilekin | mutilarekin | mutilekin |
| causative | mutilengatik | mutilarengatik | mutilengatik |
| benefactive | mutilentzat | mutilarentzat | mutilentzat |
| instrumental | mutilez | mutilaz | mutilez |
| inessive | mutilengan | mutilarengan | mutilengan |
| locative | — | — | — |
| allative | mutilengana | mutilarengana | mutilengana |
| terminative | mutilenganaino | mutilarenganaino | mutilenganaino |
| directive | mutilenganantz | mutilarenganantz | mutilenganantz |
| destinative | mutilenganako | mutilarenganako | mutilenganako |
| ablative | mutilengandik | mutilarengandik | mutilengandik |
| partitive | mutilik | — | — |
| prolative | mutiltzat | — | — |
Derived terms
- mutilko
Descendants
References
- “mutil”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
- “mutil”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- R. L. Trask (2008) “mutil”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 293
Estonian
Noun
mutil