garatu

Basque

Etymology

From gara (“scape, leafless stalk”) +‎ -tu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaɾatu/ [ɡa.ɾa.t̪u]
• Rhymes: -atu, -u
• Hyphenation: ga‧ra‧tu

Verb

garatu da/du (imperfect participle garatzen, future participle garatuko, short form gara, verbal noun garatze)

1. to sprout
2. to develop

Derived terms

• garabide (“way of developing”)
• garapen (“development”)
• garatzaile (“developer”)

Further reading

• “garatu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “garatu”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005