mutil

Basque

Alternative forms

• mitil (Soule)
• motil

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Latin putillum (“little boy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mutil/ [mu.t̪il]

• Audio (Gipuzkoan):

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• Rhymes: -util, -il
• Hyphenation: mu‧til

Noun

mutil anim

1. boy, young man
2. guy, lad
3. apprentice, artisan
4. (archaic, derogatory) servant, slave

Declension

Declension of mutil (anim C-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	mutil	mutila	mutilak	mutilok
ergative	mutilek	mutilak	mutilek	mutilok
dative	mutili	mutilari	mutilei	mutiloi
genitive	mutilen	mutilaren	mutilen	mutilon
comitative	mutilekin	mutilarekin	mutilekin	mutilokin
causative	mutilengatik	mutilarengatik	mutilengatik	mutilongatik
benefactive	mutilentzat	mutilarentzat	mutilentzat	mutilontzat
instrumental	mutilez	mutilaz	mutilez	mutilotaz
inessive	mutilengan	mutilarengan	mutilengan	mutilongan
locative	—	—	—	—
allative	mutilengana	mutilarengana	mutilengana	mutilongana
terminative	mutilenganaino	mutilarenganaino	mutilenganaino	mutilonganaino
directive	mutilenganantz	mutilarenganantz	mutilenganantz	mutilonganantz
destinative	mutilenganako	mutilarenganako	mutilenganako	mutilonganako
ablative	mutilengandik	mutilarengandik	mutilengandik	mutilongandik
partitive	mutilik	—	—	—
prolative	mutiltzat	—	—	—

Derived terms

• mutilko

Descendants

• → Spanish: mochil

Further reading

• “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]

Estonian

Noun

mutil

1. adessive singular of mutt