vargo

Galician

vargos or chantos

Etymology

Documented in local medieval documents as varganum; from Proto-Celtic *wregis (“wall, eclosure”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wreǵ- (“close”). Akin to Middle Irish fraig (“interior wall”), Welsh achwre (“wattled fence, palisade”), Sanskrit व्रज (vrajá, “wattle, fence”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɾɣʊ/

Noun

vargo m (plural vargos)

1. stake used for building a wattled fence

   Synonyms: chanto, estaca

2. slab used for dividing the space in the stall or for enclosing a property

   Synonyms: barda, chanto

Derived terms

• vargado (“wattled fence”)

Related terms

• Bargo
• varga (“fish trap”)
• varganzo (“wattled fence”)

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “Vargoo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “vargo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “vargo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “vargo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Latin

Noun

vargō

1. dative/ablative singular of vargus