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, -a
• 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
	inan	Bergaran
locative	anim	—
	inan	Bergarako
allative	anim	Bergararengana
	inan	Bergarara
terminative	anim	Bergararenganaino
	inan	Bergararaino
directive	anim	Bergararenganantz
	inan	Bergararantz
destinative	anim	Bergararenganako
	inan	Bergararako
ablative	anim	Bergararengandik
	inan	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