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garganta.

throat

8 characters3 syllables approx.Galego language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɡaɾˈɡanta/[ɡɑɾˈɣ̞ɑn̪.t̪ɐ]/ɡaɾˈɡanta/standard[ɡɑɾˈɣ̞ɑn̪.t̪ɐ]standard
  1. throat

    feminine
  2. gullet

    feminine
  3. gorge

    feminine
Where this word comes from

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)-), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“to swallow”). Alternatively, onomatopoeic.

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