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Gow

Gow

See also: gow

Plautdietsch

Noun

Gow f ‎(plural Gowe)

  1. gift, grant, donation
  2. talent

gow

gow

See also: Gow

English

Noun

gow ‎(uncountable)

  1. (colloquial, dated) opium

French

Etymology

Borrowing from English girl.

Pronunciation

  • (FR) IPA(key): /go/

Noun

gow f ‎(plural gows)

  1. (slang) a girl, chick

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish gaibid ‎(“lays hold of, grasps”).

Verb

gow ‎(verbal noun goaill)

  1. take
  2. catch, capture, apprehend, arrest
  3. engage
  4. affect
  5. reduce
  6. (medicine) contract (as disease)

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gow ghow ngow
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Etymology

From Chinese 膏 (gāo), probably as a shortening of 藥膏／药膏 (yàogāo).

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /gaʊ/

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