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Romanian
Etymology
Ultimately onomatopoeic of the sound of gargling. Compare the synonymous Aromanian gãrgãlac, Albanian gërgëlac, Italian gargarozzo, Galician gorgozo, Late Latin gurga.
Noun
gârgăloț n (uncountable)
- (western Transylvania) Synonym of gâtlej (“throat”)
1903, Simion Florea Marian, quoting Paul Oltean of Hațeg, Insectele în limba, credințele și obiceiurile românilor [Insects in the language, beliefs and customs of the Romanians], Bucharest: Carol Göbl, page 155:În ḑiua de Sânțĭ, cine-șĭ lasă albinele să ésă din coșniță pe gârgăloțiŭ de lup, le dă putere, în cât că bat albinele altor ómenĭ și le fură mierea.- [În ziua de Sânți, cine-și lasă albinele să iasă din coșniță pe gârgăloț de lup, le dă putere, încât că bat albinele altor oameni și le fură mierea.]
- On the day of the Saints, he who lets his bees out the hive through the throat of a wolf gives them strength such that they fight other people’s bees and steal their honey.
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