Proto-Basque: *-ba[r]da
Meaning: 1 shoulder 2 middle part of a pig (loin)
Gipuzkoan: sorbalda 1
Lapurdian: sorbalda 1
Baztanese: sorbalda 2
Comments: It is difficult to determine the precise local provenience of this word. Azkue cites it as "common" and cites texts by F.I. Lardizabal (Gipuzkoan: 19th c.) and P.A. Axular (Lapurdian: 17th c.). Trask cites a variant solbarda (EDB), with the liquids in reverse order. Other Bsq dialects use various words for 'shoulder', e.g. ZBR suñ, suñhegi (see *śoin), BZK and GIP sorburu ('head of body'), etc. 'shoulder'. The expected Bsq form is *barda, dissimilated in the compound as sor-balda, or differently as sol-barda. *śor- is considered a stem variant of *śoin (q.v.).
