babil

See also: Babil

Basque

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *papīlum, from Latin papȳrus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /babil/ [ba.β̞il]
• Rhymes: -abil, -il
• Hyphenation: ba‧bil

Noun

babil inan

1. candlewick

   Synonym: metxa

Declension

Declension of babil (inan C-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	babil	babila	babilak	babilok
ergative	babilek	babilak	babilek	babilok
dative	babili	babilari	babilei	babiloi
genitive	babilen	babilaren	babilen	babilon
comitative	babilekin	babilarekin	babilekin	babilokin
causative	babilengatik	babilarengatik	babilengatik	babilongatik
benefactive	babilentzat	babilarentzat	babilentzat	babilontzat
instrumental	babilez	babilaz	babilez	babilotaz
innesive	babiletan	babilean	babiletan	babilotan
locative	babiletako	babileko	babiletako	babilotako
allative	babiletara	babilera	babiletara	babilotara
terminative	babiletaraino	babileraino	babiletaraino	babilotaraino
directive	babiletarantz	babilerantz	babiletarantz	babilotarantz
destinative	babiletarako	babilerako	babiletarako	babilotarako
ablative	babiletatik	babiletik	babiletatik	babilotatik
partitive	babilik	—	—	—
prolative	babiltzat	—	—	—

Descendants

• → Gascon: babi(t)

References

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

French

Etymology

From babiller.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.bil/

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Noun

babil m (plural babils)

1. babble, baby talk
2. ease, facility to talk
   • 1862, Victor Hugo, chapter 1, in Les Misérables, Tome IV : L’idylle rue Plumet et l’épopée rue Saint-Denis, book 8:

     Il était tout simple que Marius, l'adorant, l'admirât. Mais la vérité est que cette petite pensionnaire, fraîche émoulue du couvent, causait avec une pénétration exquise et disait par moments toutes sortes de paroles vraies et délicates. Son babil était de la conversation. Elle ne se trompait sur rien, et voyait juste.

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Derived terms

• babillage
• babillard
• babiller

References

• “babil”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Further reading

• “babil”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Palauan

Etymology

From Pre-Palauan *babile, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babinahi, from Proto-Austronesian *bahi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈbil/

Noun

babil

1. woman

See also

• chebil

References

• babil in Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary, at tekinged.com.
• babil in Palauan-English Dictionary, at trussel2.com.
• babil in Lewis S. Josephs; Edwin G. McManus; Masa-aki Emesiochel (1977), Palauan-English Dictionary, University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 4.