See also: goją and ĝoja

Catalan

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Cognate with Occitan goja (waitress) (originally "young woman, maid"), perhaps from Hebrew גויה (goyá, gentile woman).

Noun

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goja f (plural goges) (folklore)

  1. fairy
  2. water nymph
    Synonyms: aloja, dona d'aigua, encantada, patida
    Hypernym: nimfa
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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goja

  1. inflection of gojar (to bewitch):
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 3

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Verb

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goja

  1. inflection of gojar (to enjoy; to benefit from):
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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French

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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goja f (plural gojas)

  1. (religion, obsolete) Christian woman

Occitan

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Gascony):(file)

Noun

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goja f (plural gojas)

  1. waitress

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From papegoja.

Noun

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goja c

  1. (colloquial) a parrot (bird)
    Synonym: papegoja
  2. (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

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