garagardo

Basque

FWOTD – 7 July 2023

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Basque *gali

Basque gariredup.?

Basque garagar

Proto-Basque *ardano

Basque ardo

Basque garagardo

From garagar (“barley”) +‎ ardo (“wine”), with haplology. First attested in 1896. Modeled on earlier gararno (literally “wheat wine”), itself probably coined by Basque writer Manuel de Larramendi in 1745.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaɾaɡardo/ [ɡa.ɾa.ɣ̞ar.ð̞o]

• Audio (Gipuzkoan):

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• Rhymes: -ardo, -o
• Hyphenation: ga‧ra‧gar‧do

Noun

garagardo inan

1. beer

   Synonyms: zerbeza (Southern), biera (Northern)

   • 1934, Tene Mujika, Gogo-Oñazeak‎^[1], Tolosa, archived from the original on 14 September 2021, page 22:

     Oraindik amabietara, garagardoa artzeko lain asti ba-degu.

     We have time to drink some beer before noon.

Declension

Declension of garagardo (inan V-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	garagardo	garagardoa	garagardoak	garagardook
ergative	garagardok	garagardoak	garagardoek	garagardook
dative	garagardori	garagardoari	garagardoei	garagardooi
genitive	garagardoren	garagardoaren	garagardoen	garagardoon
comitative	garagardorekin	garagardoarekin	garagardoekin	garagardookin
causative	garagardorengatik	garagardoarengatik	garagardoengatik	garagardoongatik
benefactive	garagardorentzat	garagardoarentzat	garagardoentzat	garagardoontzat
instrumental	garagardoz	garagardoaz	garagardoez	garagardootaz
inessive	garagardotan	garagardoan	garagardoetan	garagardootan
locative	garagardotako	garagardoko	garagardoetako	garagardootako
allative	garagardotara	garagardora	garagardoetara	garagardootara
terminative	garagardotaraino	garagardoraino	garagardoetaraino	garagardootaraino
directive	garagardotarantz	garagardorantz	garagardoetarantz	garagardootarantz
destinative	garagardotarako	garagardorako	garagardoetarako	garagardootarako
ablative	garagardotatik	garagardotik	garagardoetatik	garagardootatik
partitive	garagardorik	—	—	—
prolative	garagardotzat	—	—	—

Derived terms

• garagardogile (“beer brewer”)
• garagardogintza (“beer brewing”)
• garagardotegi (“beer bar”)

Further reading

• “garagardo”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “garagardo”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005