ghis

Esperanto

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /d͡ʒis/
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Preposition

ghis

H-system spelling of ĝis

Italian

Alternative forms

ghisso

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch giek.

Noun

ghis m

a main boom, a diagonal beam on which a sail is attached, gaff
Synonym: picco

Descendants

→ Ottoman Turkish: گز (giz)
- Turkish: giz

Further reading

Kahane, Henry R., Kahane, Renée, Tietze, Andreas (1958) The Lingua Franca in the Levant: Turkish Nautical Terms of Italian and Greek Origin, Urbana: University of Illinois, page 250 Nr. 329

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