billey

Manx

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbilʲə/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish bile, from Proto-Celtic *belyos (“tree”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰolyo- (“leaf”).

Noun

billey m (genitive singular billey, plural biljyn)

1. tree

   Hie mee cooyl billey.

   I got behind a tree.

   Hoie eh cha jeeragh as billey.

   He sat bolt upright.

   My chrieys oo y billey ny s'creoiey, tuittee ny croiyn.

   If you shake the tree harder the nuts will fall.

   Ren y gleashtan smoashal noi billey.

   The car crashed into a tree.

   Ta biljyn er beealloo yn thie.

   Before the house there are trees.

   Ta biljyn rish yn awin.

   There are trees along the river.

   Ta'n billey ceau e ghuillagyn.

   The tree is shedding its leaves.

Derived terms

• biljagh
• billagh
• billeyder
• billeydeyr
• billeydeyraght
• billeydys
• kayt billey
• kayt ny miljyn
• myn-villey

 

Etymology 2

Borrowing from English bill or Anglo-Norman bille, from Old French bulle, from Medieval Latin bulla (“seal; sealed document”).

Noun

billey m (genitive singular billey, plural billaghyn)

1. (law) bill (proposed law)

   Hie yn billey ny hrooid.

   The bill was passed.

   Hug eh lesh stiagh billey ayns Y Chiare as Feed.

   He introduced a bill into the Keys.

2. (banking) bill

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
billey	villey	milley
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.