goos

See also: Goos and Göös

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡuːz/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -uːz

Noun

goos

  1. plural of goo

Verb

goos

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of goo

Cornish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *waytos, probably ultimately from the root of gwythi (“veins”), see that entry for cognates.[1] Cognate with Breton gwad and Welsh gwaed.

Pronunciation
  • (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA(key): [ˈɡoːz]
  • (Revived Late Cornish) IPA(key): [ˈɡuːz]

Noun

goos m (plural gosow)

  1. blood
  2. bloodline

Mutation
  Mutation of goos  
Cornish consonant mutation
unmutatedsoftaspiratehardmixedmixed after 'th
goos woos unchanged koos hwoos woos

References
  1. Buck, C. D. (2008). A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages. United States: University of Chicago Press, p. 206

Mansaka

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gusi (“gums”), from Proto-Austronesian *gusi (“gums”). Cognate of Malay gusi and Maguindanao gus.

Noun

goos

  1. the gums

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English gōs, from Proto-West Germanic *gans, from Proto-Germanic *gans; compare gandre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡoːs/

Noun

goos (plural gees)

  1. goose (especially a female one)
  2. The meat or corpse of a goose; a dead goose.
  3. A fool or idiot.

Descendants
  • English: goose
  • Scots: guse

Somali

Noun

goos ?

  1. The act of biting
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