gội

See also: Appendix:Variations of "goi"

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *c-goːlʔ. Cognate with Muong cổl.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɣoj˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ɣoj˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ɣoj˨˩˨]

Verb

gội • (浍, 澮)

1. to wash one's hair

   gội đầu ― to wash your hair

   tắm gội ― to wash oneself thoroughly (literally, “to wash both one's body and hair”)

See also

Derived terms

• dầu gội đầu
• gội rửa
• tắm gội