goja
Catalan
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editCognate with Occitan goja (“waitress”) (originally "young woman, maid"), perhaps from Hebrew גויה (goyá, “gentile woman”).
Noun
editgoja f (plural goges) (folklore)
- fairy
- water nymph
- Synonyms: aloja, dona d'aigua, encantada, patida
- Hypernym: nimfa
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editVerb
editgoja
- inflection of gojar (“to bewitch”):
Etymology 3
editVerb
editgoja
- inflection of gojar (“to enjoy; to benefit from”):
Further reading
edit- “goja” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
editAlternative forms
editNoun
editgoja f (plural gojas)
Occitan
editPronunciation
editNoun
editgoja f (plural gojas)
References
edit- Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 298.
Swedish
editEtymology
editFrom papegoja.
Noun
editgoja c
- (colloquial) a parrot (bird)
- Synonym: papegoja
- (colloquial) gobbledygook, nonsense
- Han snackar bara en massa goja
- He just speaks a bunch of gobbledygook
- Vad snackar du för goja?
- What gobbledygook are you spewing?
- Vilken goja...
- What nonsense...
Declension
editDeclension of goja
References
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- Catalan lemmas
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- ca:Folklore
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- Catalan verb forms
- ca:Mythological creatures
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French feminine nouns
- fr:Religion
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- Occitan lemmas
- Occitan nouns
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- Swedish lemmas
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