Etymology

galdegaia

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Today it means: the focused element of a clause, immediately before the verb complex or inflected auxiliary Full definition →

Basque galdegaia
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  1. Basque · learned borrowing fromgaldegaia
  2. English todaygaldegaia

Learned borrowing from Basque galdegaia, the absolutive singular form of galdegai (literally “question topic”).

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