gô
See also: Appendix:Variations of "go"
Apinayé edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Northern Jê *ŋgô (“water”) < Proto-Cerrado *ŋgôj’ (“water”) < (?) Proto-Jê *ŋgə̂₁j’ ~ *ŋgə̂₂j (“water”).
Noun edit
gô
Alternative forms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Northern Jê *ŋgô (“louse”) < Proto-Cerrado *ŋgô (“louse”) < Proto-Jê *ŋgə̂₁ᵗ (“louse”).
Noun edit
gô
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
Clipping of French Guigoz, an originally Swiss brand which sells baby formula milk in big tin cans.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gô
- billycan
- 1978, Chu Lai, chapter 5, in Nắng đồng bằng, NXB Quân đội Nhân dân:
- Giữa ván đã để sẵn gô cơm gạo mới thơm ngào ngạt và mấy lát đậu đũa, đậu xương rồng chiên dầu đậu nành rải lên trên.
- In the middle of the plank a billycan of strongly fragrant rice sprinkled with some slices of Chinese long beans and Manila beans fried in soybean oil stood ready.