garganta

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Galician

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese garganta; from a substrate language *gʷr̥h₃gn̥t- (throat), cognate with Proto-Celtic *brāgants (neck, throat) and English craw (from Proto-Germanic *k(w)ragan(þ)-),[1] from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (to swallow).[2][3] Alternatively, onomatopoeic.[4]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (standard) /ɡaɾˈɡanta/ [ɡɑɾˈɣ̞ɑn̪.t̪ɐ]
  • IPA(key): (gheada) /ħaɾˈħanta/ [ħɑɾˈħɑn̪.t̪ɐ]

  • Rhymes: -anta
  • Hyphenation: gar‧gan‧ta

Noun

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garganta f (plural gargantas)

  1. (anatomy) throat
    Synonym: gorxa
  2. (anatomy) gullet
  3. gorge
    Synonym: desfiladeiro

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Van Sluis, Paulus, Jørgensen, Anders Richardt, Kroonen, Guus (2023 May 11) “European Prehistory between Celtic and Germanic: The Celto-Germanic Isoglosses Revisited”, in Kristian Kristiansen, Guus Kroonen, Eske Willerslev (eds.), editors, The Indo-European Puzzle Revisited, 1 edition, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, retrieved 2023-09-26, page 191
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 72-73
  3. ^ Bascuas, Edelmiro (2002). Estudios de hidronimia paleoeuropea gallega. Santiago de Compostela: Universidade, Servicio de Publicacións e Intercambio Científico. p. 330-331. →ISBN.
  4. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “garganta”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Occitan

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɡarˈɡanto]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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garganta f (plural gargantas)

  1. (anatomy) throat

Papiamentu

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Etymology

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From Portuguese garganta and Spanish garganta.

Noun

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garganta

  1. neck
  2. throat

Portuguese

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Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pt

Etymology

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese garganta; from a substrate language *gʷr̥h₃gn̥t- (throat), cognate with Proto-Celtic *brāgants (neck, throat), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (to swallow). Alternatively, onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃tɐ
  • Hyphenation: gar‧gan‧ta

Noun

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garganta f (plural gargantas)

  1. (anatomy) throat (posterior region of the oral cavity)
  2. (anatomy) throat (anterior-superior part of the neck)
  3. canyon, narrow (narrow passage between mountains)
  4. (figuratively) voice
  5. (figuratively) verbiage
  6. (figuratively) boast

Descendants

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  • North Moluccan Malay: gargantang
  • Papiamentu: garganta

Further reading

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Spanish

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Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia es
Garganta a la izquierda de la altura media de la imagen (throat in the left middle height of image).
la Garganta Verde en España

Etymology

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From a substrate language *gʷr̥h₃gn̥t- (throat), cognate with Proto-Celtic *brāgants (neck, throat) and English craw (from Proto-Germanic *k(w)ragan(þ)-),[1] from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (to swallow).[2][3] Alternatively, onomatopoeic.[4] Compare English gargle.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡaɾˈɡanta/ [ɡaɾˈɣ̞ãn̪.t̪a]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -anta
  • Syllabification: gar‧gan‧ta

Noun

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garganta f (plural gargantas)

  1. (anatomy) throat
  2. (geography) gorge
    Synonym: desfiladero

Hypernyms

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Hyponyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Van Sluis, Paulus, Jørgensen, Anders Richardt, Kroonen, Guus (2023 May 11) “European Prehistory between Celtic and Germanic: The Celto-Germanic Isoglosses Revisited”, in Kristian Kristiansen, Guus Kroonen, Eske Willerslev (eds.), editors, The Indo-European Puzzle Revisited, 1 edition, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, retrieved 2023-09-26, page 191
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 72-73
  3. ^ Bascuas, Edelmiro (2002). Estudios de hidronimia paleoeuropea gallega. Santiago de Compostela: Universidade, Servicio de Publicacións e Intercambio Científico. p. 330-331. →ISBN.
  4. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “garganta”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Further reading

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