goos
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡuːz/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -uːz
Noun
goos
- plural of goo
Verb
goos
- third-person singular simple present indicative of goo
Central Dusun
Noun
goos
Cornish
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
From Proto-Brythonic *gwoɨd, from Proto-Celtic *waitos, probably ultimately from the root of gwythi (“veins”), see that entry for cognates.[1] Cognate with Breton gwad, Welsh gwaed.
Pronunciation
- (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA(key): [ˈɡoːz]
- (Revived Late Cornish) IPA(key): [ˈɡuːz]
Noun
goos m (plural gosow)
Mutation
unmutated | soft | aspirate | hard | mixed | mixed after 'th |
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goos | woos | unchanged | koos | hwoos | woos |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
goos
- soft mutation of koos (“wood, forest”)
References
- ^ Buck, C. D. (2008). A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages. United States: University of Chicago Press, p. 206
Mansaka
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gusi (“gums”), from Proto-Austronesian *gusi (“gums”). Cognate of Malay gusi and Maguindanao gus.
Noun
goos
- the gums
Middle English
Noun
goos
- alternative form of gos
Somali
Noun
goos ?
- The act of biting