guaitar

== Catalan == === Alternative forms === aguaitar, agoitar, goitar === Etymology === Borrowed from Frankish *wahtōn, *wahtjan (“to watch, guard”), derivative of *wahta (“guard, watch”), from Proto-Germanic *wahtwō (“guard, watch”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“to be fresh, cheerful, awake”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ɡwəjˈta] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ɡwajˈtaɾ] Rhymes: -a(ɾ) Homophone: guaità === Verb === guaitar (first-person singular present guaito, first-person singular preterite guaití, past participle guaitat) to observe, look to pay attention ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “guaitar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. “guaitar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “guaitar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “guaitar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007