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] Rhymes: -atu, -u Hyphenation: bi‧la‧tu === Verb === bilatu du (imperfect participle bilatzen, future participle bilatuko, short form bila, verbal noun bilatze) to search, to look for (colloquial, Southern) to find Synonym: topatu ==== Derived terms ==== === 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