garganta
Galician
Etymology
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
- Rhymes: -anta
- Hyphenation: gar‧gan‧ta
Noun
garganta f (plural gargantas)
Derived terms
- gargantada
- gargantilla
Related terms
- gargal
- gargallada
- gargallo
References
- Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “garganta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “garganta”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “garganta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “garganta”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “garganta”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- ^ Van Sluis, Paulus; Jørgensen, Anders Richardt; Kroonen, Guus (11 May 2023), “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 26 September 2023, page 191
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 72-73
- ^ Bascuas, Edelmiro (2002). Estudios de hidronimia paleoeuropea gallega. Santiago de Compostela: Universidade, Servicio de Publicacións e Intercambio Científico. p. 330-331. →ISBN.
- ^ Joan Coromines; José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991), “garganta”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary][1] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading
- “garganta”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
- “garganta”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2025
Occitan
Pronunciation
Noun
garganta f (plural gargantas)
Papiamentu
Etymology
From Portuguese garganta and Spanish garganta.
Noun
garganta
Portuguese
Etymology
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
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ɡaʁˈɡɐ̃.tɐ/ [ɡaɦˈɡɐ̃.tɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ɡaɾˈɡɐ̃.tɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ɡaʁˈɡɐ̃.tɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ɡaɻˈɡɐ̃.ta/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɡɐɾˈɡɐ̃.tɐ/ [ɡɐɾˈɣɐ̃.tɐ]
Noun
garganta f (plural gargantas)
- (anatomy) throat (posterior region of the oral cavity)
- (anatomy) throat (anterior-superior part of the neck)
- canyon, narrow (narrow passage between mountains)
- (figuratively) voice
- (figuratively) verbiage
- (figuratively) boast
Descendants
- North Moluccan Malay: gargantang
- Papiamentu: garganta
Further reading
- “garganta”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “garganta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /ɡaɾˈɡanta/ [ɡaɾˈɣ̞ãn̪.t̪a]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -anta
- Syllabification: gar‧gan‧ta
Noun
garganta f (plural gargantas)
- (anatomy) throat
- (geography) gorge
- Synonym: desfiladero
Hypernyms
- cuello m
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Descendants
- French: Gargantua (a character from François Rabelais's 16th-century pentalogy The Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel.)
- English: gargantuan
- French: gargantuesque
- → Haitian Creole: gagann
References
- ^ Van Sluis, Paulus; Jørgensen, Anders Richardt; Kroonen, Guus (11 May 2023), “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 26 September 2023, page 191
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 72-73
- ^ Bascuas, Edelmiro (2002). Estudios de hidronimia paleoeuropea gallega. Santiago de Compostela: Universidade, Servicio de Publicacións e Intercambio Científico. p. 330-331. →ISBN.
- ^ Joan Coromines; José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991), “garganta”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary][2] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading
- “garganta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024