Galdakao

Basque

Etymology

From an unattested given name with the Latin suffix -ānum. Compare with Spanish Galdácano, which has preserved the nasal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaldakao/ [ɡal̪.d̪a.ka.o]
• Rhymes: -ao, -o
• Hyphenation: Gal‧da‧ka‧o

Proper noun

Galdakao inan

1. A town and municipality of Biscay, Basque Country, Spain.

Declension

Declension of Galdakao (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite
absolutive	Galdakao
ergative	Galdakaok
dative	Galdakaori
genitive	Galdakaoren
comitative	Galdakaorekin
causative	Galdakaorengatik
benefactive	Galdakaorentzat
instrumental	Galdakaoz
inessive	Galdakaon
locative	Galdakaoko
allative	Galdakaora
terminative	Galdakaoraino
directive	Galdakaorantz
destinative	Galdakaorako
ablative	Galdakaotik
partitive	Galdakaorik
prolative	Galdakaotzat

Derived terms

• galdakoar
• galdakoztar

Further reading

• “145.- Bizkaiko herri izendegia [Toponymy of the villages of Biscay]”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Arauak, Euskaltzaindia, 2005