Bergara

Basque

Etymology

Unknown, it has been suggested that it contains the element kala (“cove”). Alternatively, a link with Birgara (a hamlet in Álava) has also been proposed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /berɡaɾa/ [ber.ɣ̞a.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -aɾa
• Hyphenation: Ber‧ga‧ra

Proper noun

Bergara inan or anim

1. Bergara (a town and municipality of Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain)
2. a toponymic surname

Declension

Declension of Bergara (animate and inanimate, ending in -a)

		indefinite
absolutive		Bergara
ergative		Bergarak
dative		Bergarari
genitive		Bergararen
comitative		Bergararekin
causative		Bergararengatik
benefactive		Bergararentzat
instrumental		Bergaraz
inessive	anim.	Bergararengan
	inanim.	Bergaran
locative	anim.	—
	inanim.	Bergarako
allative	anim.	Bergararengana
	inanim.	Bergarara
terminative	anim.	Bergararenganaino
	inanim.	Bergararaino
directive	anim.	Bergararenganantz
	inanim.	Bergararantz
destinative	anim.	Bergararenganako
	inanim.	Bergararako
ablative	anim.	Bergararengandik
	inanim.	Bergaratik
partitive		Bergararik
prolative		Bergaratzat

Derived terms

• bergarar

 

Descendants

• → Spanish: Vergara

References

• Patxi Salaberri Zaratiegi (2019) “Bergara”, in Gipuzkoako herrien izenak‎^[1] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia, →ISBN, page 124