garo

See also: Garo and garō

Bikol Central

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈɾo/, [ɡaˈɾo]
• Hyphenation: ga‧ro

Adjective

garó (Basahan spelling ᜄᜍᜓ)

1. (Naga) look like; seem; as if

   Synonym: gari

   Garo may maabot nin tawo.

   It looks like someone is coming.

   Garo gutom na siya.

   S/he seems to be hungry.

Adverb

garó (Basahan spelling ᜄᜍᜓ)

1. (Naga) ostensibly; apparently; seemingly

   Synonym: gari

   Nagpuli siya sa harong garo pagal hali sa trabaho.

   S/he went home seemingly tired from work.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaɾoʔ/, [ˈɡa.ɾoʔ]
• Hyphenation: ga‧ro

Noun

garò (Basahan spelling ᜄᜍᜓ)

1. tameness; friendliness; docility

   Synonym: gamal

Derived terms

• magaro
• maggaro
• pagaro

 

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ga‧ro
• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈɾoʔ/, [ɡʌˈɾ̪oʔ]

Verb

garo

1. to jiggle

Anagrams

• gora

Latin

Noun

garō

1. dative/ablative singular of garum

Latvian

Adjective

garo

1. inflection of garais:
   1. vocative/accusative/instrumental singular masculine/feminine
   2. genitive plural masculine/feminine

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *garu, from Proto-Germanic *garwaz. Compare Old English ġearo and Old High German garo.

Adjective

garo

1. prepared
2. done
3. ready

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: gare, gaer
  • Dutch: gaar
    • Negerhollands: gaar
    • Petjo: gaar
    • Skepi Creole Dutch: gar

References

“garo (I)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *garu.

Adjective

garo

1. done
2. ready

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *garu.

Adjective

garo

1. done
2. ready

Declension

Declension of garo

Strong declension
gender	masculine		neuter		feminine
case	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	garo	garwe	garo	garwu	garo	garwe
accusative	garwana	garwe	garo	garwu	garwa	garwe
genitive	garwes	garwarō	garwes	garwarō	garwaro	garwarō
dative	garwumu	garwum	garwumu	garwum	garwaro	garwum
Weak declension
gender	masculine		neuter		feminine
case	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	garwo	garwu	garwa	garwu	garwa	garwu
accusative	garwun	garwun	garwa	garwun	garwun	garwun
genitive	garwun	garwonō	garwun	garwonō	garwun	garwonō
dative	garwun	garwum	garwun	garwum	garwun	garwum

Adverb

garo

1. ready

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.rɔ/
• Rhymes: -arɔ
• Syllabification: ga‧ro

Noun

garo f

1. vocative singular of gara

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin garum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.ɾu/

• Hyphenation: ga‧ro

Noun

garo m (uncountable)

1. garum (Ancient Roman fish sauce)

Rapa Nui

Verb

garo

1. to disappear

Shona

Etymology

From -gara (“sit”).

Noun

garo class 5 (plural magaro class 6)

1. (formal) buttock

   Synonym: dako

Somali

Verb

garo

1. to understand

Sundanese

Romanization

garo

1. Romanization of ᮌᮛᮧ

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡarɔ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaːrɔ/, /ˈɡarɔ/

Verb

garo

1. Soft mutation of caro.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
caro	garo	ngharo	charo
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

West Makian

Etymology

Said by Collins to be from North Moluccan Malay [Term?]. Compare Sundanese ᮌᮛᮧ (garo, “to scratch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.r̪o/

Verb

garo

1. (transitive) to scrape (a coconut, etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of garo (action verb)
		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tagaro	magaro	agaro
2nd person		nagaro	fagaro
3rd person	inanimate	igaro	dagaro
	animate
imperative		nagaro, garo	fagaro, garo

References

• James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎^[1], Pacific linguistics