gow
See also: Gow
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
gow (plural gows)
- Alternative form of jow (“pre-metric unit of length in India”)
Etymology 2 edit
From Chinese 膏 (gāo, “ointment”), probably as a shortening of 藥膏/药膏 (yàogāo).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gow (uncountable)
- (colloquial, dated) opium
See also edit
etymologically unrelated terms containing the word "gow"
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English girl. Doublet of girl.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gow f (plural gows)
Manx edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish gaibid (“lays hold of, grasps”).
Verb edit
gow (verbal noun goaill)
- (transitive)
- (intransitive)
- imperative of immee
Mutation edit
Manx mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
gow | ghow | ngow |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Middle English edit
Pronoun edit
gow
- Alternative form of yow
Yola edit
Verb edit
gow
- Alternative form of goe
- 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 131, line 5:
- Wu canna baar to gow aveel,
- We cannot bear to go abroad,
- 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 131, line 9:
- Wu canna gow to Ilone vaar,
- We cannot go to the Island fair,
- 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 131, line 13:
- Wu canna gow bee chapaal gaat,
- We cannot go to the chapel gate
- 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 131, line 17:
- Wu'll gow our wys to Chour Hill,
- We'll go our ways to Chour Hill,
- 1927, “YOLA ZONG O BARONY VORTH”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 132, line 6:
- "If thou dinna gow on chul daf thee yola skien."
- "If you don't go on I'll strip your old skin."
References edit
- Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland