hilerri

• ilherri (Navarro-Lapurdian, Souletin)

From hil (“dead”) +‎ herri (“village”).

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• IPA^(key): (Southern) /iʎeri/, [i.ʎe̞.ri]
• IPA^(key): (Northern) /hileri/, [ɦi.le̞.ri]

hilerri inan

1. graveyard, cemetery

   Synonym: (colloquial) kanposantu

   • 1686, Bernard Gazteluzar, Eguia Catholicac [The Catholic Truths]‎, Pau, page 187:

     Ala hau Eſpantu ederra! / Ilherritic hil-ondoan; / Sartcen da Andre beçala / Ceruco Palatioan. [Original spelling]
     Ala hau espantu ederra! / Ilherritik hil-ondoan / Sartzen da Andre bezala / Zeruko palazioan [Modernized spelling]

     What a beautiful sight! / From the graveyard, after dying, / like the Virgin Mary, enters / the heavenly palace

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• "hilerri" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
• “hilerri” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus